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shadowsword87 posted...

Kigalas posted...

Moonjay posted...

It's something that I contemplate often. As far as our current knowledge goes, at one point the planet was absolutely devoid of life... And then a single cell suddenly came to exist and was alive. Why was it alive when all other cells were not alive? How and why would it be alive? What the hell would cause life where there is none?

Even without the existence of any sort of god, that shit is astounding.

Its more probable that a meteorite landed in the primordial soup, was carrying bacteria, which then was able to use the proteins as fuel. More meteorites crashed, more bacteria, etc.

Whats cool is that not everything here on Earth is carbon-based, as theyve found silicon-based life around hydrothermal vents.

Saying "it just came from space" also doesn't really make sense.
It just sort of pushes the issue back.

Yeah, it kind of doesn't matter where it came from. At some point living cells developed and the eternal question is how and why.
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