Metaphysics, intelligence, God

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by Reach

Abiogenesis refers to a very specific theory or field for studying and detailing the origins of life on Earth. Don't confuse it with the origin of life, becuase it's not technically the same thing. Yes 'life' is required for Evolution to occur....but, that's obvious and as such the validity of evolution is not in any way dependent on the validity of abiogenesis.


Also, if you believe evolution is technically accurate you have to accept single ancestry. Otherwise you don't quite understand.

There is a very intuitive and obvious way to prove this. Let's start with a hypothetical by saying you and your significant other are the first lifeforms on Earth. You reproduce. Your children reproduce, etc. Your children are related to you, and their children are related to them which in turn makes them related to you.

Etc, which by definition means that every organism that will ever proceed you is fundamentally related to you.

I don't see why this isn't completely and utterly obvious, so maybe you mean something else.

Precisely correct -- the concepts are technically separate.


Izzy: A Google reveals:

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.co...ut/incest.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest_in_the_Bible
http://www.thirdmill.org/answers/ans...ions/site/iiim
http://listverse.com/2008/05/26/top-...-in-the-bible/
and http://www.clarifyingchristianity.com/faq_bq.shtml for epic lols