Rob writes:
It is the positive aspects of the natural world evidence that debunk prebiotic organisms.
And this is the whole problem with the argument of this thread. The whole argument is an attempt to explain that something could not have happened, and therefore we must believe that the Protestant Christian God did it.
But the evidence that has been presented shows that one can not conclude that this something could not have happened. In fact, the evidence that has been presented in this thread shows quite well that it is entirely possible that the energy conversion processes in the modern cell could have developed naturalistically. That should be enough to destroy the argument from incredulity (not that such an argument isn't a fallacy to begin with).
So then the argument has to be modified: since scientists cannot come up with the precised, detailed history of how the energy conversion processes did, in fact, develop, then we can conclude that the natural development is impossible, and so we must conclude that the Protestant Christian God created life 6000 years ago.
Even if the thread's attempted point was accurate, that we have absolutely no knowledge of how the natural development of the cell is possible, that still leaves us with no way to conclude the existence of an intelligent designer of any sort. Any hypothesis requires external evidence to support it before it becomes a contender. Without any evidence that such an intelligent designer exists, then it is not an option for serious consideration (at least not beyond an attempt to see if positive evidence can be found).
This entire thread has been an exercise of incredulity, and incredulity maintained despite the very clear reasons that the absolute incredulity shown is not at all justified.
I could tell you what I've read about evolution, the big-bang, super-universes, quantum foam, and all that stuff. Eventually you'd ask a question I can't answer, then I'd have to go look it up. Even If I had the time for that shit, in the end you'd ask a question science hasn't answered yet. So let's save time and skip ahead to "I don't know." --
jhuger