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To: Brumar89 who wrote (913335)	1/10/2016 1:46:58 PM
From: gronieel2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573851

*...No iPhone can reproduce itself, power itself, repair itself, but the simplest form of life imaginable can do all that and more....* And since we can't understand how that all happens...we make up some omnipotent God. That's the ticket. He must have made it work since we can't figure it out. When we get to know God better we will also find out he hates gays, Jews, Mexicans and black folks of all kinds. He also hates Democrats and government workers. You know this is true from the look in the rattlesnake's eyes and tongue talking, shaky old women.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (913335)	1/10/2016 9:57:30 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bill mel221 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573851

I think we have an extremely slim, uncertain and partial understanding. But lets go with no understanding for a minute. "No understanding" doesn't imply or suggest "impossible under the laws of physics". In fact to get a strong implication that it is impossible you would have to have a greater degree of understanding then we have. Life is software based What does that even mean? No iPhone can reproduce itself, power itself, repair itself, but the simplest form of life imaginable can do all that and more. Biological things are different in nature then electronic devices. I don't see how that fact supports your point. Once you have even very simple life, probably simpler then anything that exists now, normal evolution would seem to cover life getting more complex esp. given a lot of time. I guess we both agree the key point in this context is abiogenesis, the origin of life. That is, as you point out, something that we have a poor understanding of. But despite the fact that even the simplist life forms can do things an iphone can not, that doesn't mean they are more complex then an iphone or as hard to create by natural processes.