Your argument is with the Encyclopaedia Britannica, not me. The text
was their text, not mine. If you object, present your case to them and,
if you can, make them change it.
Please do not speak for everyone else. Speak for yourself.
ãSpontaneous generation, in biology, is the theory, now disproved, that
living organisms sometimes arise from nonliving matter. It is sometimes
referred to as abiogenesis, as opposed to biogenesis, the now
established fact living organisms arise only from the reproduction of
previously existing organisms.ä This is the Encyclopaedia Britannicaâs
entry under Spontaneous Generation.
"I subscribe to abiogenesis (spontaneous generation)," as defined above,
was the statement.
I shall take you off the affirmative list and put you on the negative
list. Please correct if that was not what you meant in your last
message.
Joseph Mastropaolo