Beliefs on Origin of Life

[watchinginawe]

This is not an "evolution" poll. This is to ascertain the forum's thoughts as to how life began.

I would say "naturally" means according to how Science currently views things, that life forms naturally when conditions are favorable.

I would say "supernaturally" means that life can't form naturally and was therefore created by God.

I am in the "supernatural" camp.

I believe this is truly a binary poll. Maybe there are those who just "don't know", but I would think that is very few.

Blessings,

[teddyv]

I vote supernatural, at least in the sense of God-ordained. 

[Alive]

Science indicates 'Supernatural'.

:-)

 

[OneLight]

Supernaturally, and here are their baby pictures!

[watchinginawe]

23 hours ago, teddyv said:

I vote supernatural, at least in the sense of God-ordained. 

That seems a bit of having your cake and eating it too to me.  

But that would seem to include a lot of other things if we just add the distinction of God-ordained. Thus, thunder claps would become supernatural manifestations as well as granite layers, faults, and oil in shale, etc.

[watchinginawe]

23 hours ago, Alive said:

Science indicates 'Supernatural'.

:-)

 

It does seem more and more that way, doesn't it? At least perhaps "not natural", or therefore , impossible? No, that is a contradiction to Science since life manifestly exists and the only impossible explanations are supernatural, so they will continue to hold on to self organization of some manner as the best explanation. I like what John Lennox says of this, that such logic becomes a "Science of the gaps" explanation for anything we are ignorant of in avoidance of coming to the right conclusion.

[teddyv]

27 minutes ago, watchinginawe said:

That seems a bit of having your cake and eating it too to me.  

But that would seem to include a lot of other things if we just add the distinction of God-ordained. Thus, thunder claps would become supernatural manifestations as well as granite layers, faults, and oil in shale, etc.

Yeah. I agree. I recall a quote (unfortunately I don't remember who, that stated something like) "not even a single snowflake melts outside of God's will". I think it was within the context of sovereignty and providence.

In my answer, God is the agent behind the origin of life, regardless of the "how".

[Alive]

2 hours ago, watchinginawe said:

It does seem more and more that way, doesn't it? At least perhaps "not natural", or therefore , impossible? No, that is a contradiction to Science since life manifestly exists and the only impossible explanations are supernatural, so they will continue to hold on to self organization of some manner as the best explanation. I like what John Lennox says of this, that such logic becomes a "Science of the gaps" explanation for anything we are ignorant of in avoidance of coming to the right conclusion.

I've looked at the math regarding 'chance probabilities' as well as other rational and logical factors.

As far as Neo-Darwinism and whatever the newest iteration is; "after its kind", does it for me. Then of course there is entropy and.....

never mind.

:-)

[Slug1]

Began ex nihilo and then with what was created, mankind is formed.

Voted - supernaturally. 

Edited June 15, 2021 by Slug1

[watchinginawe]

On 6/15/2021 at 1:39 PM, Slug1 said:

Began ex nihilo and then with what was created, mankind is formed.

Voted - supernaturally. 

Agreed. Everything after the first day of creation is a second order creation of God, thus it was "caused" or "made" by God to form from existing created matter from the first day. Thus, life also is a second order creation. Creation is referred to as a specific "work" of God that occurred during a finite period of "six days".

If God just created it all on day 1 and then let things just progress from there as He set into motion, I would not understand how it is that He "rested" from His work on the seventh day. Also, if evolution is how God "creates", did He really rest the seventh day? Isn't he having to continue to labor? I believe creation has ceased and God has rested from creating and now sustains His creation.