Down through the ages, scientist from across the globe have been attempting to determine how life began (biogenesis) and to date, the results have been disappointing. Not finding the answers within the confines of Earth, they explored more exotic ideas such as panspermia, neovitalism, a real "life force", extra-terrestrial involvement, among others. Rana and Ross tackle this question by developing two non-mathematical models to be tested side-by-side to determine which one bests accounts for life's origins. Both models will make predictions, one will do so better than the other.
One is called the supernaturalist model (based on standard church doctrine) which leans on statements from the Bible for support, and the other, the naturalist model (scientific) approach which relies on the laws of physics and the scientific method. The side-by-side comparison of the natural and supernatural model's outcomes were applied to Genesis yielding remarkable results...a fascinating read. In the final analysis, the supernatural model wins out in this book book. There is much more to this book than can be said here.
The problem with the naturalist approach seems to be that every time scientist come up with a set of promising life bearing molecules in a "laboratory setting experiment" representing a particular period on ancient Earth, another set of "real" conditions existing on Earth at the same time would have destroyed the formation of those very same life promising molecules. Features of intelligent design and "fine tuning" are also discussed. When life's emergence is put to the probability test, the spontaneous formation of life's molecules, pathways, or any simple organelle is incredibly small. Details are presented in the text.
I did not get the impression that the authors were pushing a a religious agenda on the reader. It was written by two scientist using the latest scientific information and scientific reasoning to show that we are not anywhere near knowing how to make life, yet is here. By default, the only conclusion is that a Creator made life. The authors make a good case. Read the book and make up your own mind. Good read.
Rich
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