[Dimensio]

Hmm. I see references to the oft misunderstood (by creationists) Cambrian Explosions, and several appeals to argument from incredulity, but I don't see anything in there that specifically shows how common descent requires that life originally come to exist through a specific method.

Why not just tell me straight up. Let's say that one day we discover that life came about through some other method than the one you think common descent requires. Maybe a divine agent zap-poofed the first life forms into existence. How would this falsify common descent? Maybe in the future humans travel back in time and planted the first life forms. How would this falsify common descent?

[johnnyb_61820]

"Maybe a divine agent zap-poofed the first life forms into existence. How would this falsify common descent?"

I didn't say it falsified it. I said that the proofs for common descent required a specific view of the origin of life. Those who want to separate the issues of evolution and origin of life cannot really do so, because the arguments _for_ common descent are based on a specific view.

Please show me a proof of common descent that doesn't require a specific view of the origin of life, and I'll retract my claim.

"several appeals to argument from incredulity"

Really? Point it out.