Whatever the odds were, the denominator was estimated to be greater than the number of atoms in the universe. Not our solar system, not our galaxy, but the entire universe. But as long as there is a one for the numerator, you have some people out there believing it still could have happened. I saw where another poster on another site called the theory that life sprang randomly from a young forming earth, by lightening striking a pool of water, “rock soup,” or “magic rock soup”.
william demski- a brilliant mathemetician, has stated the odds of life arising are so far beyond the upper probability limits that it is impossible- the odds of hitting the lottery make it a possibility- the odds of life arising make it impossible-
“The major links in the molecules-to-man theory that must be bridged include (a) evolution of simple molecules into complex molecules, (b) evolution of complex molecules into simple organic molecules, (c) evolution of simple organic molecules into complex organic molecules, (d) eventual evolution of complex organic molecules into DNA or similar information storage molecules, and (e) eventually evolution into the first cells. This process requires multimillions of links, all which either are missing or controversial.”
https://trueorigin.org/abio.php
A more detailed estimate for spontaneous generation has been made by Harold Morowitz, a Yale University physicist. Morowitz imagined a broth of living bacteria that was super-heated so that all the complex chemicals were broken down into their basic building blocks. After cooling the mixture, he concluded that the odds of a single bacterium re-assembling by chance is one in 10100,000,000,000. This number is so large that it would require several thousand books just to write it out.
https://truenews.org/Creation_vs_Evolution/origin_of_life.html
[[But as long as there is a one for the numerator, you have some people out there believing it still could have happened.]]
I know- the odds of just one mutation adding “New, Non Species Specific information” (Something that is absolutely required for moving one species KIND to another new species KIND) are impossible, yet in order to believe that all life arose from non life, one has to believe this impossible single scenario happened not just once, but billions of times- if it’s impossible for just one time, then how impossible is it that it happened billions of times?
It’s just irrational to think nature violated it’s own rules billions of times in order fro life to spring from non life