The crux of it is, I genuinely struggle to accept that our existence sprang from pure chance. Admittedly, every alternative explanation stretches credulity just as much. Yet, like many, I find the evidence for a divine hand, however elusive, more compelling than a cosmos devoid of purpose. My aim here is to offer my alternative perspective, not to spark a debate, been there, done that, and might again, but not feeling it right now.
I respect your stance, having leaned closer to it myself at times, wrestling with the idea of a random universe versus a designed one. Your humility in admitting “I can’t swear this is true” is refreshing, a rare antidote to the dogma of those who claim certainty where none exists. In my view, the origin story of life remains an enigma no one can definitively unravel, and I suspect it always will.
So here is the problem with the Theory of Abiogenesis (which claims that life on Earth came about through a series of random unspecified events):
Assuming this theory to be True for a moment, say a cell manages to come about. What's it going to eat? It can't use light (photosynthesis requires a complex structure). This single accident must gain energy somehow in order to divide, and it can't use light.
Assuming that somehow TWO cells happen randomly independent of each other. Now one can eat the other, and gain sufficient energy to divide once. Now what? You still have only two cells!
Then, of course, there is the Theory of Creation, which states that life arrived on Earth through the action of some kind of intelligence. In effect, the Earth was seeded by an outside source.
The Theory of Creation usually assumes some sort of god or gods, but it could be anything. For all we know, we are the result of a horrible lab accident and they dumped it on Earth to get rid of it!
The Theory of Creation is mutually exclusive with the Theory of Abiogenesis. If one is True, the other MUST be False.
Neither theory is a theory of science. They are both religions.
There are also two mutually exclusive theories concerning the Universe as a whole (pardon my choice of words, since the size of the Universe is a Nan and is infinite for all we know).
The Theory of the Big Bang states that the Universe originated from some kind of explosion, and that the Universe is 'expanding'. This is kinda weird, since the Universe has no known boundary. So what's 'expanding'?? Worse, if a god or gods caused this, where were they? There was no Universe yet!
A mutually exclusive theory is the Theory of the Continuum. This simply states the Universe has always existed, and always will. It was never created, since it has always existed.
Both of these theories are also not theories of science. They are both religions.
The Bible refers to God as 'from Everlasting to Everlasting', which would be more consistent with the Theory of the Continuum and the Theory of Creation. Most any religion claiming some sort of god or gods face this same logic.
