> The basic assumption of evolution is spontaneous generation.
CLiff: An evolutionist must ultimately believe in abiogenesis.>>
You are making wide sweeping assertions here. You know that such assertions are often fallacious ?
Cliff: <<But 'spontaneous generation' does not customarily refer to the theory of evolution, but rather to the belief that, for example, flies spontaneously arise from dung (Aristotle) or mice and
beetles spontaneously arise in granaries etc; this was an explanation of familiar phenomena, not of ultimate origins.>>
Yep. Joseph was clearly mistaken on several fronts here.