At 06:40 PM 09/27/2000, you wrote:
>>This is despite it actually being a *law* of biology (i.e. a rule to which
>>there has never been observed to be any exceptions), that life only arises
>>from life:
>>
>> "In its affirmative form, the law of Biogenesis states that all
>> living
>> organisms are the progeny of living organisms that went before
>> them. The familiar Latin tag is omne vivum ex vivo-All that is alive
>> came from something living; in other words, every organism has an
>> unbroken genealogical pedigree extending back to the first living
>> things. In its negative form, the law can be taken to deny the
>> occurrence (or even the possibility) of spontaneous generation. ...
>> The Law of Biogenesis is arguably the most fundamental in biology
>> ..." (Medawar P. & Medawar J., "Aristotle to Zoos: A
>> Philosophical Dictionary of Biology", in Bird W.R., "The Origin of
>> Species Revisited", 1991, Vol. I, pp.311-312).
Chris
Of course, this would apply to all designers, as well, including, if He
existed, God. Unless God really *is* dead. ;-)
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