The theory of evolution says absolutely nothing about the origin of life. It literally has nothing to do with it. Completely separate field of study.
Evolution only discusses what happens once life exists, and a lot of religious people believe that God is the one who started it but evolution took over from there as a result of the natural processes God created.
That's not my perspective, but it's not incompatible with evolution.
I'm hoping you didn't ignore the rest of my post because of an unrelated topic. If that's the case, I'm probably taking a break.
Regarding your math... I'm not going to comment on the specifics, but I'll just say most people underestimate the fact that the Earth is really, really, REALLY old, and also really, really, REALLY big. There's enough time and space for unlikely things to happen.
And as for my last comment being a straw man... I'm again not attributing it to anyone, I just wanted to put it on the table because lots of people see it as an either/or situation when that's a false dichotomy.
Evolution only discusses what happens once life exists, and a lot of religious people believe that God is the one who started it but evolution took over from there as a result of the natural processes God created.
That's not my perspective, but it's not incompatible with evolution.
I'm hoping you didn't ignore the rest of my post because of an unrelated topic. If that's the case, I'm probably taking a break.
Regarding your math... I'm not going to comment on the specifics, but I'll just say most people underestimate the fact that the Earth is really, really, REALLY old, and also really, really, REALLY big. There's enough time and space for unlikely things to happen.
And as for my last comment being a straw man... I'm again not attributing it to anyone, I just wanted to put it on the table because lots of people see it as an either/or situation when that's a false dichotomy.
BS Liberal Arts progress - 105/120
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