Hoot Mon writes:
... they don't seem to be enough to make life from scratch....
What does "they don't seem to be enough" mean?
How don't they "seem" to be enough? Your objection sounds exactly like the creationist objection to macroevolution.
Show us an obstacle or stop asserting that there "must be" one.
Wouldn't you suppose there are a few more principles to be discovered that might help to explain abiogenesis?
Why? What specifically is lacking in the known
principles of chemistry?
We know that all living things
are made up of the same chemical elements as non-living things. We have a pretty good understanding of how those elements bond to form molecules. We have some understanding - if not complete yet - of the reactions that produce those bonds. All that really seems to be missing is a plausible pathway (or pathways) from goo to you.
... you are the one who thinks genes are just collections of chemicals.
And you are the one who has admitted - more than once - that you have no evidence to the contrary.
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