RE: A Poll On Abiogenesis (Spontaneous Generation)

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:26:06 -0700

At 10:51 AM 10/3/98 -0700, Pim van Meurs wrote:
>And what about the probability of non-natural origin of life ?

Glenn: <<considering I don't think the universe itself is possible with out a God, I would say that the probability is 1, especially when one considers that the universe must be constructed correctly to enable life to exist. >>

But what about calculations showing the probability ? The argument also rests on the assumption that our universe is the only one that can sustain life. Perhaps the life we see is what this universe can sustain rather than because of life the universe had to be 'built to spec' ?