Here we encounter one the biggest issues in the debate. Can Pasteurs findings be disproven or should we state that life can only spring from life - life being the first cause?
Pasteurs experiment In 1864 Pasteur performed what is generally recognised to be a decisive experiment, disproving generatio spontana - even in Bacteria. See links 2-4 for more! |
Steps into abiogenesis
Almost all of the experiments in this field are related to the origin of simple organic molecules, but that is only step 1. You can discern at least seven steps in this process:
No real viable mechanisms are available. Some decades ago a scientist suggested a special syntropic power in matter (working against the natural tendency to chaos and falling apart) - not a shred of evidence. Polyphylists will suggest this is beyond science.
Origin of life and God filling the gaps?
Some people will say more research will lead to more understanding: we will less and less need God to fill the gaps. But in this case it seems to be the other way around. In former times it seemed so easy to believe in spontaneous generation, but first Redi, than Pasteur proved the idea wrong. More research has lead to the conclusion that we less and less understand how such complicated cells could be born by chance, by natural processes out of inanimate matter.
A minimum cell needs a minimum number of steps to be able to functione properly
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Even simple organic molecules can have two varieties - only one of these can be used in living cells
Proteins have to be folded in the right way - for some proteins special folding boxes exist