Law of biogenesis.

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Originally posted by thousands_not_billions:
How does the law of biogenesis fit in with evolution? The law states that cells (the foundation of life) arise only from other cells. Cells do not arise naturally. Also, matter can't be created or destroyed can it? So where did the matter in the big bang come from. Please help me with this.

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Thanks

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The implication re:abiogenesis is that the first organisms
were not based upon the cell as we know it.Some simpler form(s) came first, and evolutionary pressures
have shaped their development into modern organisms.In the mainstream scientific view we have about a billion
years just on Earth for such developments.As far as conservation of matter is concerned I think it might
be something to do with energy and matter (but I'm not
a physicist either). Matter cannot be created or destroyed
but it can be converted into energy.Does the energy in the universe cancel out the matter so
we don't really exist at all ? I dunno (shrug).