Design Framework for Evolution

This one is troubling to me: Did the Designer have replicating DNA all those years ago to be called 'Life'?What about replicating RNA, maybe that was representing the first life cycle? They do have life cycles. A virus does it.Maybe mad cow disease represented the first life cycle? Prions?Maybe you should try to define what you mean with the word 'life' before we can have a meaningful discussion?Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

And organisms called DNA viruses? Are they alive?

You still haven't answered the question. Do you see DNA viruses as "life"?

You do not consider DNA viruses as life then.Following that, your previous description of what you regard as "life" doesn't make sense. I'll repeat part of your post for you. I propose that we have a workable definition of "Life' before this thread can start properly and before I can start learning from the specialists.I have seen how cdesign proponentsists tend to move the goalposts on the description of the word "Life" when it suits them....to such an extent that the word "Life" becomes meaningless (I think that they do it to ensure that their favourite designers can be classified as Life, even though they are supposed to be spooks).Edited by Pressie, : Spelling and last paragraph

I completely disagree. It very relevant to discuss what life is in this discussion.