shmogie
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I think what you alliterated to was the turning away from the standard "chance" hypothesis for abiogenesis to searching for a natural "force" coupled with the proper environment working in tandem to produce life. The chance hypothesis gets dimmer and dimmer. I see the application of Occams razor here a little differently than you. When I was a dyed in the wool atheist, evolutionist, the concept of God was absurd to me.Now, being a Christian, naturalism as an explanation seems absurd to me. So, you might say, I have seen the absurdity of both sides. So, which absurdity is more absurd ?Can anyone apply Occams razor without prejudices bearing on which is the best explanation ? No matter what, it is a most astounding and incredible fact that we exist at all.Argument from incredulity. You just don't see how it could have happened, therefore it didn't, ergo God, right? Isn't that your implied argument?
You're probably referring to the ribosome, but there is also a "reader" in the nucleus - the enzymes that generate messenger RNA from DNA. This apparatus doesn't care where the DNA came from. If it came from a virus, the apparatus will begin generating viruses.
Scientists have an incomplete but growing understanding of chemical evolution. Religion has added zero understanding to the origin of life. Saying that God did it has no more explanatory power than saying that Norman did it, or that it did it by itself. More needs to be demonstrated.
It possibly happened due unconscious forces passively acting out a cosmic play according to simple rules. The possibility not only hasn't been ruled out, it is at the top of the list for candidate hypotheses for the origin of life in our universe. The supernaturalisitc argument, which also cannot be ruled out, is a gross violation of Occam's Razor and the principle of parsimony, and so ranks below the naturalisitic one.
Nobody denies that the intelligent design of life is possible, a topic back in the news right now (genetic engineering). What is denied is that it has been demonstrated to be necessary.