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Science itself isn't faith, but it also hasn't proven anything either. (In regards to the origins of life.)
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Again I don't like the word proof. There's been some evidence with respect to different hypothesis of abiogenesis, some of which has already been provided here. So it's not like there's nothing.
But there is no good single theory (theory in the scientific sense of the word) of abiogenesis yet. That's why I won't make any specific claims about abiogenesis yet.
I would lean more towards a natural explanation of abiogenesis, but that's just based on the history of what's observed.
If you find a hoof print in your yard, it could be a horse, a zebra, or a unicorn. Would you agree that while you cannot be SURE of what created it, you can probably assign some probabilities based on previous knowledge.
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Don't you think that science will one day figure out how earth developed life?
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I think we'll figure out how it might have happened; come up with one or more methods that demonstrate it could have happened naturally resulting in life with our chemistry. I don't know if we'll be able to be very sure though, molecules don't make fossils, and oxygen may have long removed any chemical signatures. Plus if the process is very low probability, it may not be reproducible in practice in a lab.
Given long enough and gathering info from other planets with life will add information to the question (or lack of life on other planets).
So I asked you before, what are you are saying what exactly? That God started life and then all the forms of life we see evolved from there? What happens if in 10 years they completely reproduce a natural process which leads to life that looks just like ours?