Yes, biology is insanely complex, but a LOT of different "organic" molecules are found in space and I suspect that over time -- remember, we're talking many millions of years -- life came together in thermal vents or elsewhere "on its own" -- with the understanding that God / the Universe put things together in a way that made that happen. Speaking of statistical probability, the many physical constants and properties in the Universe are amazingly fine-tuned for life to exist, as I'm sure you're aware.
In any case, that's how it all seems to me. I wasn't there when it happened, so I'm more than willing to believe it could have happened differently.
The Miller-Urey experiments showed that simple amino acids could be produced by natural reactions. They were also found in space (along with other molecules not found in life). But further pursuit of the experimental approach did not create molecules more complex (nor were any such discovered in space). Water is also found in living beings and it is abundant on Earth...but in itself has no life at all. It mediates the actions of metabolism.
Yes, biology is insanely complex, but a LOT of different "organic" molecules are found in space and I suspect that over time -- remember, we're talking many millions of years -- life came together in thermal vents or elsewhere "on its own" -- with the understanding that God / the Universe put things together in a way that made that happen. Speaking of statistical probability, the many physical constants and properties in the Universe are amazingly fine-tuned for life to exist, as I'm sure you're aware.
In any case, that's how it all seems to me. I wasn't there when it happened, so I'm more than willing to believe it could have happened differently.
The Miller-Urey experiments showed that simple amino acids could be produced by natural reactions. They were also found in space (along with other molecules not found in life). But further pursuit of the experimental approach did not create molecules more complex (nor were any such discovered in space). Water is also found in living beings and it is abundant on Earth...but in itself has no life at all. It mediates the actions of metabolism.