Creating New Form of Life

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by little_monkey

To me, that is the same as saying that God is a futile investigation. Thanks.

Right; investigating the ineffable 'god' is futile, some religions agree with you wholeheartedly on that (including Christianity).

[little_monkey]

Originally Posted by Willamena

Right; investigating the ineffable 'god' is futile, some religions agree with you wholeheartedly on that (including Christianity).

As an atheist, I will go one step further: the belief in God is futile. In a more controversial step, with historical justification, the belief in God is dangerous.

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by little_monkey

As an atheist, I will go one step further: the belief in God is futile. In a more controversial step, with historical justification, the belief in God is dangerous.

And that's a valid opinion.

[rocketman]

Originally Posted by little_monkey

Sorry I totally disagree.

Then you are being unscientific.

Originally Posted by little_monkey

If life can be demonstrated that it does follow natural laws, then putting God as the creator of life is superfluous. It's like I need God to keep the Earth orbiting around the sun. The law of gravity makes that idea laughable.

We already know that life follows natural laws, and you don't see scientists saying that they have a scientific monopoly on whether or not there is/was a creator. What we don't know is whether or not abiogenesis followed natural laws, but it is generally assumed to have been the case by non-theists. At the moment there is no known way to test this, for exactly the same reasons that there is no way to calculate the odds of abiogensis. The answer to the OP is obvious, and not just because threads about abiogenesis don't actually belong in this sub-forum.

Let's not confuse personal opinion with what this current experiement or anything like it can ultimately show.

Originally Posted by little_monkey

It's like I need God to keep the Earth orbiting around the sun. The law of gravity makes that idea laughable.

Poor example. Just as a side issue, you do realise we don't actually know what causes gravity? The LHC may tell us, if they can get it working.