RE: Latest on Mars

Jim Bell (70672.1241@compuserve.com)
08 Aug 96 12:41:22 EDT

John Rylander writes:

<<Is your argument really this: abiogenesis (what you called "spontaneous
generation") in one spot is unlikely; in two spots it's even more
unlikely; and therefore, the more abiogenesis there is, the harder it is
to believe in traditional evolution?>>

Yes, that's my argument. Your response is:

<<For such people, two empirically confirmed instances of abiogenesis in
one star system (if, -if- that is what we have here) would be taken as
an indication that the likelihood of abiogenesis is dramatically higher
than most would have dared imagine.>>

Indeed, if you're a naturalist, that's all you CAN say! You're rather forced
into it.

Jim