How Simple Can Life Be?

Question

In Darwin’s day, many people swallowed the theory of spontaneous generation—that life arose from non-living matter. It was somewhat easier to believe because the cell’s structure was almost unknown.

But now that we see how complex the simplest cell is and any subtraction to that simplicity the cell would cease to exist. How does natural selection work when you're starting from nothing?

Once life has started I can see how natural selection works but before life? How?

Answer 1

That is why God created us, there is no evolution.

Answer 2

If you take a piece of iron and pitch it into your front yard. You will see ferric oxide (rust) form from nothing but iron and air. Life started in a similar fashion. you roll the dice enough times and life comes out.
Evidence - life is everywhere we have looked from super hot to super cold - in air and without air. The earth seems to generate life no matter what the conditions. As we look more closely at other planets I suspect we will find it there also

Answer 3

thats exactly how i feel. ive always had eligion pushed at me for an answer to eveything. but theres some questions it cant answer. for an example, they say god created everything, but no one can explain where god came from? come on.

Answer 4

very