Where did man come from?

Question

According to the theory of evolution, at some time in the distant past there was no life in the universe -- just elements and chemical compounds. Somehow, these chemicals had to combine to form Frankencell, which came to life somehow. (Presumably, a lightning bolt and a deformed assistant were involved.)

The February 1988 issue of EARTH magazine is a special issue on Origins. The cover promises an article that will tell us "How Life Really Began". The article itself, however, says that scientists just don't know. Even Stanley Miller, whose experiments are cited in most biology text books, states in that article that the origin of life is still unknown.

There are only two documented cases of inanimate objects coming to life.

Pinocchio
Frosty the Snowman

Most scientists consider these two reports to be false.

Answer 1

Genisis 2: 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Answer 2

The beginning of the article started with: "According to the theory of evolution"

Theory.....which sprang into existance in the 1800's. The Bible however is based upon eyewitness accounts that go back through the complete history of mankind. It was written over a 1500 period of time by many different men in differnt languages and backgrounds. History as we have it today is built on eyewittness accounts.....not theory.

You should also remember that the scientific community were also the ones who told us that the world was flat, man would never fly, Man came from monkeys or swamp oooze, and that Earth is the center of the universe.

As you can see their THEORY's don't always prove to be true.

Answer 3

Well if you are suggesting that science is wrong then you are probably for religion. Well we have a vast amount of proof of evolution, and yes there are gaps. But all religion can say is have faith that a mythical being made us. Creationism is for those who feel that evolution is to big for them. They can't understand fact, so they turn to faith. Faith is when you don't think, just follow. What it means, is one day god was sitting there, so he made man. It just happened, no fact, or reasoning. The Christians say we came from Adam, the first man. God made his rib into eve, and then the screwed like rodents making the human race. They say that from two people, you can have an entire species. This means that we are all related, and have been inbred from the beginning of time. And yes they feel that it is more disgusting to come from monkeys. The thing is, when you have only two humans. Over all that time, the limited genetic information would have caused mutations, and eventually killed us off. But god kept us alive to f*** our relatives. The universe is a cycle, no beginning, no end. This is hard for us to get because of how we were taught to think. So trust in science, and trust me when I say, god did not make us.

Answer 4

Remember, just because you can't see the crane that built the skyscraper, doesn't mean it just fell out of the sky.

The earliest forms of "Life" began with very small steps, over 100s of millions of years. Would you consider a single strand of DNA to be "living"? What about a virus? These are the building blocks of life, and they are literally just large molecules that replicate. They are carbon based. Other kinds of molecules replicate themselves as well, but in different ways. For instance Silicon molecules replicate their structures all over the earth, we see them in the form of crystals. It is a byproduct of the element that it creates bonds that replicate.

Carbon-based molecules naturally replicate themselves because of their physical properties, and these molecules became increasingly complex over 100s of millions of years, and of course the ones that remained were the ones that were better at replicating.

Over the many millions and millions of of years, what else would you expect? Naturally, the chemical compounds that remained in the early seas were ones that attached other useful compounds, and so on, until cell structures developed. (Interestingly, cellular life is dependent on Mitochoria as well, which have their own DNA. This means that at some point in early evolution a symbiotic relationship developed between different protein structures, that benefited from eachothers metabolism.)

By the way, I take from your tone that you are dismissive of science. Remember it is an endeavor that requires more than easy answers. It takes critical analysis and hard work. It shouldn't be a threat to spiritual growth. Its too bad that church leaders are telling people that its antithetical to religion. I believe in a universal divine force that is partly expressed through the physical world. I believe that we are limited as individuals and can find meaning only through our connection to "God", and that we need to be redeemed. I believe that my perception of the physical world is limited, and that even so there is much, much more to the universe than the physical world. None of that conflicts with my interest in how it all works, and how we got here.

Answer 5

there is no such explanations even if scientists try their best to discover it because its the law of nature which no one can expalin only God can.Nature is mysterious and conceals his secrets well and it may be fatal or above our understanding to really know the origin of mankinds.In some Holy books,like the Quran we do mention thatThis was written in the holy book centuries back and its only now that scientists discovered that this theory prooved to be true that even some scientists was forced to believe in that religion.
Likewise there are many unexplained theories in The Quran which if we sincerely believe in Islam,we would not have asked these questions,instead we would simply believe in what it is said the Holy books.
Unfortunately,some believe its just a tale or an untrue theory

Answer 6

We live in Faith but the fact is, we do not nor will we ever know about the origin of our species. We must just hope that The Old Testament/The New Testament/ The Koran are guides which will carry us through this life into the next and even that is based upon Faith as no-one has come back to tell Us.

Answer 7

You started your question with, "According to the theory of evolution, at some time in the distant past there was no life in the universe -- just elements and chemical compounds."

Well, your initial premise is wrong. Theory of Evolution says no such thing. It's the theory of abiogenesis that you are talking about. The theory of evolution doesn't deal with origin of "life" on earth. It only deals with origin and mechanism of diversification of pre-existing life.

Answer 8

Hooray! You got one right! (kind of...Sagan4u is correct in saying that you're confusing evolution with abiogenesis)

Scientists DON'T know how life began on Earth. As a matter of fact, there are LOT'S of things that scientists don't know. That's kind of the whole point of science: finding out things you don't know.

You're commiting the logical fallacy of Argument from Ignorance (absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence), but at least you're not using patently false information any more.

You're getting better! Keep it up!

Answer 9

After the extinction of the dinosaurs, lower mammals began to rapidly evolve to fill the void in the food chain they left behind. a few million years later a bipedal ape like creature began to walk on her two feet instead of on all fours. they began to use tools and were able to get the better pieces of meat from animals through hunting instead of scavenging. When fire was discovered it was learned that meat could be cooked which added nutrients which helped further along brain development. And their in a nut shell is the history of man.

Answer 10

That's right! We don't know! That's a wise answer, to admit you don't know! This answer motivates us to keep searching for true answer and not easy ones.

Pinocchio, Frosty the Snowman, the Bible and the Qur'an are false, easy answers for gullible people.

Answer 11

We have no more evidence for abiogenesis than we do for God, but which seems more likely to spring unbidden from chaos?- a fully-formed, omniscient, omnipotent being; or a simple, blind, self-replicating molecule.