The Origin of Life

[QUOTE="supa_badman"][QUOTE="the_foreign_guy"] You're the 42nd post of this thread. This is of utmost significance. Shad0ki11

42 is the answer to the meaning of life.

We just need to figure out the question though.

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="supa_badman"]you cant really work the big bang without something before that, or something creating it.supa_badman

Out of curiosity, have you examined the evidence that scientists provide for the Big Bang theory? They didn't exactly just make it up out of nothing.

Also, the Big Bang theory does not say that something came from nothing. No scientist has ever claimed to know what was before the Big Bang, or if there was anything before the Big Bang.

GabuEx

To be fair, the Big Bang explains the origins of the universe, but not the origins of life.

As for the origins of life, scientists do not yet know how exactly it began. They have managed to create proteins from non-living materials (i.e. through chemicals under certain conditions), but they have not yet managed to mkae anything like a prokaryotic cell.

you cant really work the big bang without something before that, or something creating it.supa_badman

Well I remember reading that actually possibility of the Big Bang happening was somewhere in the low 0% (with a 1 being several digits to the right of course.) The fact that our body, as complex as it is, evolved from simple organisms is also some other mind boggling .∞1. So it's either where extremely lucky or there's an omnipotent being who overlooks every detail in the universe. I personally believe in the omnipotent being, aside from being simpler, I just don't see the harm in believing in something bigger than all of us.

What is the origin of life? Nobody knows. You have two groups, the creationists and the atheists, and then you have those like me who don't pretend to know something that know one else does. Those two groups are also very similar in that they always try to convert each other, and they always blame each other. One side puts their faith in a supernatural entity, while the other group puts their faith in knowledge and then make inferences to come up with answers.

I would say both groups are two sides of the same token--they think they have the answers, when they're really just being ignorant fools. I say let people believe what they wish whether it be Jehovah or Darwin or Lord Xerxes, as long as they treat everyone else with respect. There's nothing wrong with debating different viewpoints, but it's my perception that people take it too far, and are very insulting especially on internet forums. :(