This section will explore answers to the following questions ...
• On what day of the creation week was life created?
• What is Biogenesis? What is the Law of Biogenesis?
• Who was Louis Pasteur, and why is his work important?
• What is Spontaneous Generation?
• What is Abiogenesis?
• What was the Miller-Urey Experiment and what didn’t it prove?
• What is Directed Panspermia?
• Where can I learn more about Origins of Life?
• On what day of the Creation Week (in the Bible) was life created?
Day Three - Plants
Day Five - Sea & Flying Creatures
Day Six - Land Animals and Man
• What is Biogenesis? The term Biogenesis refers to the production of life from already-living matter or organisms. This is in contrast to Abiogenesis, which refers to the production of life from non-living matter. Natural Abiogenesis has never been observed, nor are there any generally accepted models for how it could occur. Biogenesis, on the other hand, is routinely observed at all levels of life. When a bacteria divides, a plant produces seeds, or a mammal gives birth, Biogenesis is occurring. Biogenesis is also different from creation ex nihilo, which refers to God’s forming something supernaturally out of nothing (Genesis 1:1). In Biogenesis, living creatures form more of their own kind, with possible slight variations, through a natural process. In creation ex nihilo, God produces something that never existed in any form or in any components. Biogenesis is also a separate concept from creation ex materia, where God forms existing materials into something completely different. When God created Adam out of dust (Genesis 2:7), this was an example of life arising through an ex materia process. Despite how obvious Biogenesis may seem now, it was only accepted by the scientific community at large about 150 years ago. It wasn’t until Louis Pasteur experimentally proved spontaneous generation false, in the 1860s, that the scientific community fully accepted biogenesis as the only natural source of living things.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-biogenesis.html)• What is the Law of Biogenesis? The Law of Biogenesis states that life only comes from already established life. This very important and fundamental scientific law can be credited to the work of Louis Pasteur and others. The findings rooted in repeated scientific experimentation and observation can be summarized as follows, Omne vivum ex ovo, which is Latin for, “all life is from life.” The general theory of evolution requires the violation of this scientific law at some point in the distant past. Many evolutionist websites, in keeping consistent with their beliefs on origins, teach Abiogenesis (the opposite of Biogenesis) as occurring at least once in the history of the universe, although such has never been observed. In a letter that Charles Darwin wrote to J.D. Hooker (February 1871), he makes the remarkable suggestion that life may have begun in a “ ... warm little pond, with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, lights, heat, electricity, etc. present, that a protein compound was chemically formed ready to undergo still more complex changes, at the present day such matter would be instantly devoured or absorbed, which would not have been the case before living creatures were formed.” Of course, this assumption relies heavily upon faith. There has never been a scientific observation of life arising from non-living matter (Abiogenesis). It would, however, seem that the scientific community in its modern incarnation, coupled with atheism and naturalism, would rather build upon unsubstantiated theories such as Abiogenesis, rather than follow well established, empirically tested, scientific laws such as Biogenesis.
(Source: http://creationwiki.org/Law_of_biogenesis)
• Who was Louis Pasteur, and why is his work important? Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist, microbiologist, devout Catholic, and creationist. His discovery that most infectious diseases are caused by germs, known as the “germ theory of disease” is one of the most important in medical history. He is considered by many today to be the father of modern microbiology. Pasteur's contributions to science include the process of pasteurization, which bears his name, and the debunking of the once popular idea of spontaneous generation. After obtaining his results regarding his spontaneous generation experiments, Pasteur stated: “La génération spontanée est une chimère” (“Spontaneous generation is a dream”). A central tenet in biology today is now ‘Omne vivum ex vivo’, Latin for “all life [is] from life.” A related statement is Omnis cellula e cellula, “all cells [are] from cells.” Essentially Pasteur debunked Spontaneous Generation and Abiogenesis. (Source: http://creationwiki.org/Louis_Pasteur)
Louis Pasteur (1:53)
http://www.icr.org/content/taf43
• On what day of the creation week was life created?
• What is Biogenesis? What is the Law of Biogenesis?
• Who was Louis Pasteur, and why is his work important?
• What is Spontaneous Generation?
• What is Abiogenesis?
• What was the Miller-Urey Experiment and what didn’t it prove?
• What is Directed Panspermia?
• Where can I learn more about Origins of Life?
• On what day of the Creation Week (in the Bible) was life created?
Day Three - Plants
Day Five - Sea & Flying Creatures
Day Six - Land Animals and Man
• What is Biogenesis? The term Biogenesis refers to the production of life from already-living matter or organisms. This is in contrast to Abiogenesis, which refers to the production of life from non-living matter. Natural Abiogenesis has never been observed, nor are there any generally accepted models for how it could occur. Biogenesis, on the other hand, is routinely observed at all levels of life. When a bacteria divides, a plant produces seeds, or a mammal gives birth, Biogenesis is occurring. Biogenesis is also different from creation ex nihilo, which refers to God’s forming something supernaturally out of nothing (Genesis 1:1). In Biogenesis, living creatures form more of their own kind, with possible slight variations, through a natural process. In creation ex nihilo, God produces something that never existed in any form or in any components. Biogenesis is also a separate concept from creation ex materia, where God forms existing materials into something completely different. When God created Adam out of dust (Genesis 2:7), this was an example of life arising through an ex materia process. Despite how obvious Biogenesis may seem now, it was only accepted by the scientific community at large about 150 years ago. It wasn’t until Louis Pasteur experimentally proved spontaneous generation false, in the 1860s, that the scientific community fully accepted biogenesis as the only natural source of living things.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-biogenesis.html)• What is the Law of Biogenesis? The Law of Biogenesis states that life only comes from already established life. This very important and fundamental scientific law can be credited to the work of Louis Pasteur and others. The findings rooted in repeated scientific experimentation and observation can be summarized as follows, Omne vivum ex ovo, which is Latin for, “all life is from life.” The general theory of evolution requires the violation of this scientific law at some point in the distant past. Many evolutionist websites, in keeping consistent with their beliefs on origins, teach Abiogenesis (the opposite of Biogenesis) as occurring at least once in the history of the universe, although such has never been observed. In a letter that Charles Darwin wrote to J.D. Hooker (February 1871), he makes the remarkable suggestion that life may have begun in a “ ... warm little pond, with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, lights, heat, electricity, etc. present, that a protein compound was chemically formed ready to undergo still more complex changes, at the present day such matter would be instantly devoured or absorbed, which would not have been the case before living creatures were formed.” Of course, this assumption relies heavily upon faith. There has never been a scientific observation of life arising from non-living matter (Abiogenesis). It would, however, seem that the scientific community in its modern incarnation, coupled with atheism and naturalism, would rather build upon unsubstantiated theories such as Abiogenesis, rather than follow well established, empirically tested, scientific laws such as Biogenesis.
(Source: http://creationwiki.org/Law_of_biogenesis)
• Who was Louis Pasteur, and why is his work important? Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist, microbiologist, devout Catholic, and creationist. His discovery that most infectious diseases are caused by germs, known as the “germ theory of disease” is one of the most important in medical history. He is considered by many today to be the father of modern microbiology. Pasteur's contributions to science include the process of pasteurization, which bears his name, and the debunking of the once popular idea of spontaneous generation. After obtaining his results regarding his spontaneous generation experiments, Pasteur stated: “La génération spontanée est une chimère” (“Spontaneous generation is a dream”). A central tenet in biology today is now ‘Omne vivum ex vivo’, Latin for “all life [is] from life.” A related statement is Omnis cellula e cellula, “all cells [are] from cells.” Essentially Pasteur debunked Spontaneous Generation and Abiogenesis. (Source: http://creationwiki.org/Louis_Pasteur)
Louis Pasteur (1:53)
http://www.icr.org/content/taf43
That’s A Fact
In the 19th century, the theory of abiogenesis was widely accepted, much like evolution is today. Charles Darwin strongly promoted the idea that life was generated spontaneously from non-life. However, Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist and believer in biblical creation, made a startling discovery that turned this notion completely upside down. (Source: http://www.icr.org/article/science-man-god-louis-pasteur)
Louis Pasteur’s Views on Creation, Evolution, and the Genesis of Germs
(Source: https://answersingenesis.org/origin-of-life/louis-pasteurs-views-on-creation-evolution-germs)
• What is Spontaneous Generation? Spontaneous Generation or the concept that living things can be generated from non-living things had been accepted as the scientific norm for centuries, a concept that had been promoted since the time of Aristotle in the 4th century BC. In the 1500's questioning Spontaneous Generation was tantamount to questioning science itself. No one would dare challenge the prevailing scientific thought of the day. But even though evolution says that life spontaneously arose from a cosmic soup billions of years ago, the scientific facts say it never happened. The Theory of Spontaneous Generation has been disproved by Louis Pasteur and others. Today Darwinian scientists don’t call it life arising from non-life Spontaneous Generation, they call it Abiogenesis but rest assured, molecules never spontaneously come to life. (Source: http://www.creationstudies.org/operationsalt/spontaneous-generation.html)
Spontaneous Generation (2:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw
In the 19th century, the theory of abiogenesis was widely accepted, much like evolution is today. Charles Darwin strongly promoted the idea that life was generated spontaneously from non-life. However, Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist and believer in biblical creation, made a startling discovery that turned this notion completely upside down. (Source: http://www.icr.org/article/science-man-god-louis-pasteur)
Louis Pasteur’s Views on Creation, Evolution, and the Genesis of Germs
(Source: https://answersingenesis.org/origin-of-life/louis-pasteurs-views-on-creation-evolution-germs)
• What is Spontaneous Generation? Spontaneous Generation or the concept that living things can be generated from non-living things had been accepted as the scientific norm for centuries, a concept that had been promoted since the time of Aristotle in the 4th century BC. In the 1500's questioning Spontaneous Generation was tantamount to questioning science itself. No one would dare challenge the prevailing scientific thought of the day. But even though evolution says that life spontaneously arose from a cosmic soup billions of years ago, the scientific facts say it never happened. The Theory of Spontaneous Generation has been disproved by Louis Pasteur and others. Today Darwinian scientists don’t call it life arising from non-life Spontaneous Generation, they call it Abiogenesis but rest assured, molecules never spontaneously come to life. (Source: http://www.creationstudies.org/operationsalt/spontaneous-generation.html)
Spontaneous Generation (2:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw
Evolution The Grand Experiment
Spontaneous Generation is a Myth
http://creationwiki.org/Spontaneous_generation
Creation Wiki
Spontaneous Generation
http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/spontaneous-generation.htm
All About the Journey
• What is Abiogenesis? Abiogenesis is the idea of life originating from non-living material (non-life). This concept has expanded a great deal as mankind’s understanding of science has grown, but all forms of Abiogenesis have one thing in common: they are all scientifically unsupportable. There have been no experiments demonstrating Abiogenesis in action. It has never been observed in a natural or artificial environment. Conditions believed to have existed on earth are either incapable of producing the building blocks needed, or self-contradictory. No evidence has been found suggesting where or when such life might have generated. In fact, everything we know of science today seems to indicate that Abiogenesis could not have happened under any naturally possible conditions.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/abiogenesis-definition-theory.html)
Abiogenesis (4:46)
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis-video.htm
All About Science
Abiogenesis - The Faith and the Facts (1:34:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xj4UH0RwcM
Dr. Edward Peltzer
Abiogenesis
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis.htm
All About Science
• What was the Miller-Urey Experiment and what didn’t it prove? Stanley Miller was a well known chemist born in Oakland, California on March 7th, 1930. His most notable contribution to chemistry came in 1953 as a young graduate student at the University of Chicago. Working with Harold Urey, the two attempted to create life under conditions which they thought early Earth would be like millions of years ago. In a matter of weeks after the experiment, 13 amino acids were produced. Although none of these amino acids were proof of life, only building blocks for proteins, they and other evolutionists believe that it proves life can be created. No one has followed Miller's work in proving that these proteins produced from the amino acids can be made into living things. Later on he wrote a book called "The Origin of Life" about his workings in the experiment. He did not receive a Nobel prize for the experiment and was not recognized with any awards for his part in the experiment. After the experiment in 1953 he moved on to teach at universities like the University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley, and the University of San Diego. Miller died of heart failure on May 20th, 2007 in National City, California, and was a teacher at San Diego university when he died. Overall, his efforts in 1953 were considered a failure but evolutionists still use it as a reference for proof that man can create life.
(http://creationwiki.org/Stanley_Miller)
Miller and Urey (2:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIXO9IQzW8
All About the Journey, Randall Niles
The Miller-Urey Experiment Debunked (9:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7376K56kM
Icons of Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Wells
Although widely heralded by the popular press for decades as ‘proof’ that life originated on the early earth entirely by natural conditions, the Miller-Urey experiments have actually provided compelling evidence for exactly the opposite conclusion. This set of experiments - more than almost any other carried out by modern science - has done much more to show that abiogenesis is not possible on Earth than to indicate how it could be possible. “...the Miller-Urey line of research is simply a ‘revival of the antique notion of spontaneous generation.”
(Source: Why the Miller-Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis, AIG, Dr. Jerry Bergman , https://answersingenesis.org/origin-of-life/why-the-miller-urey-research-argues-against-abiogenesi)
• What is Panspermia? What is Directed Panspermia? Panspermia (also known as Exogenesis) is a hypothesis that originated in the 19th century in opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation. Panspermia propounded that reproductive bodies (seeds) of living organisms exist throughout the universe and develop wherever the environment is favorable. The term is derived from the Greek word 'pan' meaning all and 'sperma' or seed. Exogenesis comes from the Greek words meaning outside origin. It is a hypothesis which maintains that microscopic living organisms came to our planet from outer space. It is largely distinguished in that it makes no prediction about how widespread life is in the cosmos. (Source: http://creationwiki.org/Panspermia)
Directed Panspermia is a speculative hypothesis about the origin of life on Earth. This hypothesis is a very specific sub-division of a broad group of related ideas. “Exogenesis” is a term referring to the general hypothesis that earth life originated somewhere other than Earth, such as another planet. Panspermia, correctly applied, refers to the hypothesis that life existed in some basic form elsewhere in the universe and was spread to Earth and/or some other planets. Directed Panspermia is even more specific, proposing that these basic forms, or “life-seeds,” were deliberately spread in all directions by some advanced alien race in an effort to begin life wherever they may have landed. To explain the origin of life without God, Darwinist scientists have to explain how life can come from non-life (Abiogenesis), a concept thoroughly refuted by everything known in biology. Ideas like Exogenesis and Panspermia are side effects of an attempt to rationalize belief in a universe devoid of God.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/directed-panspermia.html)
Richard Dawkins on Intelligent Design & Panspermia (6:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aMFKj0f4Ew
Clip from “Expelled” by Ben Stein
Discussion on “Origins” starts at 3:37
Discussion on “Panspermia” at 4:27
Panspermia - Creation Today (26:06)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwT-TEfWs0k
Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor
Directed Panspermia and Little, Green (Non-Existent) Men from Outer Space
http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=9&article=4620
Apologetics Press
Directed Panspermia
http://www.soundwitness.org/pop_culture/dumb_and_dumber.htm
Sound Witness, Scott Diekmann
• Where can I learn more about Origins of Life?
Louis Pasteur (1:53)
http://www.icr.org/content/taf43
Miller and Urey (2:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIXO9IQzW8
All About the Journey, Randall Niles
The Miller-Urey Experiment Debunked (9:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7376K56kM
Icons of Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Wells
Abiogenesis (4:46)
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis-video.htm
All About Science, Randall Niles
Abiogenesis - The Faith and the Facts (1:34:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xj4UH0RwcM
Dr. Edward Peltzer
Spontaneous Generation (2:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw
Evolution The Grand Experiment
Richard Dawkins on Intelligent Design & Panspermia (6:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aMFKj0f4Ew
Clip from “Expelled” by Ben Stein
Discussion on “Origins” starts at 3:37
Discussion on “Panspermia” at 4:27
Spontaneous Generation is a Myth
http://creationwiki.org/Spontaneous_generation
Creation Wiki
Spontaneous Generation
http://www.allaboutthejourney.org/spontaneous-generation.htm
All About the Journey
• What is Abiogenesis? Abiogenesis is the idea of life originating from non-living material (non-life). This concept has expanded a great deal as mankind’s understanding of science has grown, but all forms of Abiogenesis have one thing in common: they are all scientifically unsupportable. There have been no experiments demonstrating Abiogenesis in action. It has never been observed in a natural or artificial environment. Conditions believed to have existed on earth are either incapable of producing the building blocks needed, or self-contradictory. No evidence has been found suggesting where or when such life might have generated. In fact, everything we know of science today seems to indicate that Abiogenesis could not have happened under any naturally possible conditions.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/abiogenesis-definition-theory.html)
Abiogenesis (4:46)
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis-video.htm
All About Science
Abiogenesis - The Faith and the Facts (1:34:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xj4UH0RwcM
Dr. Edward Peltzer
Abiogenesis
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis.htm
All About Science
• What was the Miller-Urey Experiment and what didn’t it prove? Stanley Miller was a well known chemist born in Oakland, California on March 7th, 1930. His most notable contribution to chemistry came in 1953 as a young graduate student at the University of Chicago. Working with Harold Urey, the two attempted to create life under conditions which they thought early Earth would be like millions of years ago. In a matter of weeks after the experiment, 13 amino acids were produced. Although none of these amino acids were proof of life, only building blocks for proteins, they and other evolutionists believe that it proves life can be created. No one has followed Miller's work in proving that these proteins produced from the amino acids can be made into living things. Later on he wrote a book called "The Origin of Life" about his workings in the experiment. He did not receive a Nobel prize for the experiment and was not recognized with any awards for his part in the experiment. After the experiment in 1953 he moved on to teach at universities like the University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley, and the University of San Diego. Miller died of heart failure on May 20th, 2007 in National City, California, and was a teacher at San Diego university when he died. Overall, his efforts in 1953 were considered a failure but evolutionists still use it as a reference for proof that man can create life.
(http://creationwiki.org/Stanley_Miller)
Miller and Urey (2:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIXO9IQzW8
All About the Journey, Randall Niles
The Miller-Urey Experiment Debunked (9:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7376K56kM
Icons of Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Wells
Although widely heralded by the popular press for decades as ‘proof’ that life originated on the early earth entirely by natural conditions, the Miller-Urey experiments have actually provided compelling evidence for exactly the opposite conclusion. This set of experiments - more than almost any other carried out by modern science - has done much more to show that abiogenesis is not possible on Earth than to indicate how it could be possible. “...the Miller-Urey line of research is simply a ‘revival of the antique notion of spontaneous generation.”
(Source: Why the Miller-Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis, AIG, Dr. Jerry Bergman , https://answersingenesis.org/origin-of-life/why-the-miller-urey-research-argues-against-abiogenesi)
• What is Panspermia? What is Directed Panspermia? Panspermia (also known as Exogenesis) is a hypothesis that originated in the 19th century in opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation. Panspermia propounded that reproductive bodies (seeds) of living organisms exist throughout the universe and develop wherever the environment is favorable. The term is derived from the Greek word 'pan' meaning all and 'sperma' or seed. Exogenesis comes from the Greek words meaning outside origin. It is a hypothesis which maintains that microscopic living organisms came to our planet from outer space. It is largely distinguished in that it makes no prediction about how widespread life is in the cosmos. (Source: http://creationwiki.org/Panspermia)
Directed Panspermia is a speculative hypothesis about the origin of life on Earth. This hypothesis is a very specific sub-division of a broad group of related ideas. “Exogenesis” is a term referring to the general hypothesis that earth life originated somewhere other than Earth, such as another planet. Panspermia, correctly applied, refers to the hypothesis that life existed in some basic form elsewhere in the universe and was spread to Earth and/or some other planets. Directed Panspermia is even more specific, proposing that these basic forms, or “life-seeds,” were deliberately spread in all directions by some advanced alien race in an effort to begin life wherever they may have landed. To explain the origin of life without God, Darwinist scientists have to explain how life can come from non-life (Abiogenesis), a concept thoroughly refuted by everything known in biology. Ideas like Exogenesis and Panspermia are side effects of an attempt to rationalize belief in a universe devoid of God.
(Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/directed-panspermia.html)
Richard Dawkins on Intelligent Design & Panspermia (6:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aMFKj0f4Ew
Clip from “Expelled” by Ben Stein
Discussion on “Origins” starts at 3:37
Discussion on “Panspermia” at 4:27
Panspermia - Creation Today (26:06)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwT-TEfWs0k
Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor
Directed Panspermia and Little, Green (Non-Existent) Men from Outer Space
http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=9&article=4620
Apologetics Press
Directed Panspermia
http://www.soundwitness.org/pop_culture/dumb_and_dumber.htm
Sound Witness, Scott Diekmann
• Where can I learn more about Origins of Life?
Louis Pasteur (1:53)
http://www.icr.org/content/taf43
Miller and Urey (2:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilIXO9IQzW8
All About the Journey, Randall Niles
The Miller-Urey Experiment Debunked (9:38)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7376K56kM
Icons of Evolution, Dr. Jonathan Wells
Abiogenesis (4:46)
http://www.allaboutscience.org/abiogenesis-video.htm
All About Science, Randall Niles
Abiogenesis - The Faith and the Facts (1:34:37)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xj4UH0RwcM
Dr. Edward Peltzer
Spontaneous Generation (2:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw
Evolution The Grand Experiment
Richard Dawkins on Intelligent Design & Panspermia (6:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aMFKj0f4Ew
Clip from “Expelled” by Ben Stein
Discussion on “Origins” starts at 3:37
Discussion on “Panspermia” at 4:27