abiogenesis

OK, so I have a question. Holding a Bachelors of Arts in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology from a fairly liberal college in and living fairly conservative part of the US with a fairly conservative circle of friends, I find myself more than I like having to defend evolution as...

I am not a Biologist or a Chemist by education or vocation but I have an interest in TOE and Abiogenisis, particularly with regard to the wider religious issues. This was sparked by a comment from a Christian writer who asserted that Pasteur disproved abiogenisis but, I subsequently investigated...

Dear JREF, I know there are plenty of you more well versed in evolutionary theory than I am, and so I wondered if you could help with a question that just popped into my head. I was listening to a radio interview with a guy who's a specialist in mammalian extinction, and is particularly...

I moved part of a discussion from another thread because it was getting off topic (I'll move my responses here). Anyway, there’s a question I’ve been meaning to ask anyway: why is abiogenesis scientifically superior to intelligent design? Definitions (for this post) Abiogenesis: the belief...

The page: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01.html Direct link to the video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/video/3214/q01-036.html I haven't even watched it yet but I am going to now. If this has been reposted I apologize.

The page: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01.html Direct link to the video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/video/3214/q01-036.html I haven't even watched it yet but I am going to now. If this has been reposted I apologize.

From a purely literal standpoint, abiogenesis means life from non-life. Doesn't everybody (even the young earth creationists) believe this? Adam was made from non-life, and Eve was made from biological material. Are these incidents of abiogenesis? Of course there is the tacit understanding...