From usenet@zeta.org.au Sun Sep 1 10:10:26 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id KAA21212; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:10:20 -0400 Received: from relay2.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA14610; Sun, 1 Sep 96 10:07:18 EDT Received: from phaedrus.kralizec.net.au by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (peer crosschecked as: phaedrus.kralizec.net.au [203.15.68.24]) id QQbfhg05557; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:06:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from usenet@localhost) by phaedrus.kralizec.net.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA27151; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 00:09:32 +1000 To: news-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: dialup02.syd1.zeta.org.au!user From: jeffcox@zeta.org.au (Jeffrey Cox) Newsgroups: talk.origins,news.answers Subject: talk.origins FAQ (Creation) 2 of 3 Followup-To: talk.origins Date: 1 Sep 1996 14:09:32 GMT Organization: Zeta Lines: 401 Distribution: world Message-Id: References: talk.origins FAQ (Creation) 1 of 3 Reply-To: jeffcox@zeta.org.au Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup02.syd1.zeta.org.au Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the creation / evolution debate answered from a Christian point of view, including an outline of the Christian views, discussion of perceived flaws in abiogenesis and evolution and a detailed explanation of the old earth creation viewpoint. Keywords: creation, evolution, abiogenesis Archive-Name: talk.origins_faq_creation/part2 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-Modified: September 1 1996 Version: 1.6 Url: http://www.zeta.org.au/~jeffcox/creation.html [14] Where does evolution stand in the absence of abiogenesis? [A] Without abiogenesis evolution is a story without a beginning, such a story is incomplete. Evolution does not explain the origin of species. Since there is no plausible explanation for the origin of the first living organism by purely natural processes it is reasonable to assume that the first living organism was created by God, and therefore reasonable to consider that the process of creation continued beyond the appearance of the first species. [15] Does the recent announcement that material that is believed to be the fossil remains of bacteria was found in a meteorite that is thought to have originally come from Mars mean that abiogenesis and evolution are now more plausible? [A] There is considerable disagreement within the scientific community about the origin of the Carbon compounds in the meteorite. A number of scientists think that the material in the meteorite was produced by inorganic processes and is not the remains of living organisms. [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]