Pssst! Don't tell the creationists, but scientists don't have a clue how life began

Scientific American ^ | 2/28/2011 | John Horgan

[cripplecreek]

Scientists don’t claim to know how life began. They have theories but I think proof is out of reach till God gives them the answer.

[LukeL]

This is why in the field of theoretical physics there are theories that there are infinite number of universes where different possible outcomes for all events have occurred. We just happen to be in one where life happened on Earth.

[Westbrook]

The title ...

Pssst! Don’t tell the creationists, but scientists don’t have a clue how life began

... implies that creationists and scientists are mutually exclusive sets, when that’s not the case at all.

There are many bonafide scientists who are also creationists.

[Bryanw92]

God invented natural laws and physics. What makes people think that He and science are incompatible?

[Abathar]

Exactly my thought too. It seems just like doctors the deeper many scientists delve into it the more do turn to religion as the answer.

[mosaicwolf]

There never will be a solution to this problem. Life as it is perceived by the so called living is an illusion. It is a dream and the dreamer is us. Relax and enjoy. We will all see this clearly when we wake up.

[starlifter]

Well said.

There are many Luddites who take pride in their enforced ignorance.

[Ev Reeman]

That’s because one cannot create something from NOTHING. But God can.

[Glenn]

There are many bonafide scientists who are also creationists.

Many is defined as being "more than two". I guess that's about right.

[JRios1968]

The Big Bang:

God said “let there be light”...BANG!

[TheThirdRuffian]

“That’s because one cannot create something from NOTHING. But God can.”

Except stories.

People speak (or write) stories into existance.

And we are in the image of another.

[postoak]

Kant was the first to posit that concepts such as “a beginning” and “creation” are constructs of the human mind. Normally useful constructs, perhaps they just don’t have application here.

[Ditto]

God invented natural laws and physics. What makes people think that He and science are incompatible?

Exactly. The only ones who would argue with that are Scientists who think they are god, or young Earthers who insist that God had to do it "by the book" so to speak.

God is God. As far as I'm concerned, He can do it any way he wants.

[jwalsh07]

This is why in the field of theoretical physics there are theories that there are infinite number of universes where different possible outcomes for all events have occurred.

Which necessarily rules in God. So it's back to the drawing board.

[bert]

For the record, it doesn’t matter.

It is ok to be uncertain

[Libloather]

Don't tell the creationists, but scientists don't have a clue how life began

But the creationists do. Funny how that works.

[RickB444]

Two good books to read on how physics explains the existence of God are Jesus and the big bang, and The Science of God. Both really show how the Bible is spot on and debunk the naysayers.

[Conan the Conservative]

It’s OK to ask about the orign of life, but people get pizzed when you ask about the origin of God.

[Gator113]

“They have theories but I think proof is out of reach till God gives them the answer.”

So very well said.