When you were a child, did you ever startle your parents by asking, “where do babies come from? Depending on your age and personality, your parents might have ignored the question or given you a hurried, embarrassed answer. Or perhaps they told you some fanciful tales that you later found to be false. Of course, if a child is to be properly prepared for adulthood and marriage, he or she eventually needs to learn about the wonders of sexual reproduction.
Just as many parents feel awkward about discussing where babies come from, some scientist seem reluctant to discuss an even more fundamental question
-Where did life come from? Receiving a credible answer to that question can have a profound effect on a person’s outlook on life. So how did life begin?
What do many scientist claim?
Many who believe in evolution would tell you that billions of years ago, life begin on the edge of an ancient tidal pool or deep in the ocean. They feel that in such location, chemicals spontaneously assemble into bubblelike structure, formed complex molecules, and began replicating. They believe that all life on earth originated by accident from one or more of these “simple” original cells.
Other equally respected scientist who also support evolution disagree. They speculate that the first cells or at least their major components arrived on earth from outer space. Why? Because, despite their best efforts, scientists have been unable to prove that life can spring from nonliving molecules. In 2008, professor Alexandre Meinesz highlighted the dilemma. He stated that over the last 50 years, “no empirical evidence supports the hypotheses of the spontaneous appearance of life on Earth from nothing but a molecular soup, and no significant advance in this direction”
What does the evidence reveal
The answer to the question. Where do babies come from? is well documented and uncontroversial. Life always comes from preexisting life, is it really possible that this fundamental law broken? Could life really spontaneously spring from nonliving chemicals? What are the chances that such an event could happen?The answer to the question. Where do babies come from? is well documented and uncontroversial. Life always comes from preexisting life, is it really possible that this fundamental law broken? Could life really spontaneously spring from nonliving chemicals? What are the chances that such an event could happen?
Researchers have learned that for a cell to survive, at least three different types of complex molecules must work together-DNA(deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA(ribonucleic acid), and proteins . Today, few scientists would assert that a complete living cell suddenly formed by chance from a mix of inanimate chemicals. What, though, is probability that RNA or proteins could form by chance?”Researchers have learned that for a cell to survive, at least three different types of complex molecules must work together-DNA(deoxyribonucleic
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