re: Faith in "Science" = "man made religion" (Evolution related)

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Because the statement I was replying to was all-encompassing and fairly silly. It referred to all scientists.

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The statement you replied to was intentionally absurd, I think. He was replying to the guy who had, about a dozen times, argued that evolutionary theory could not be accurate simply because it does not explain the origin of life.

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Either abiogenetic origin occurred or it didn't.
Right?

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Sure.

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Certainly we can agree abiogenesis as a postulate is at least reasonable speculation.
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Sure.

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Certainly there are a litany of scientists who believe it represents a most likely explanation.
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Sure.

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Certainly within that line of thought, abiogenesis and evolutionary theory represent a continuum.
Right?

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Would you also include chemistry, the nature of molecules, atoms/subatomic particles, star formation, fusion, etc. in this continuum? Because, with perfect understanding, surely we could trace step-by-step as a single process how elements fuse into others, undergo reactions, and combine into molecules that continue on reacting and converting energy and replicating and eventually becoming what we refer to as "life", which then continues on replicating and evolving, etc. Right? Where do you draw the line on this continuum?

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I guess I'm missing the controversy here.

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There is no controversy. Evolutionary theory describes the origin of species, nothing more.