| Let's consider an example of logical necessity through indirect proof for just a moment. If a group of 8 people are considered, the proposition "no two people in this group were born on the same day of the week" must be false as there are only seven days in a week and there are 8 people. As it is impossible for every one of these 8 people to be born on different days of the week from everyone else, then the contrary MUST be true, that there is at least one pair of people born on the same day of the week.
Now, considering that life in the universe is a demonstrable tautological fact, then life coming from "non-life" is not only possible, not only very probable, it is in fact a logical certainty. (It's certain rather than merely very likely because it's not a statistical consideration; it is the same type of logical deduction called "indirect proof" or Reducto Ad Absurdum (RAA) you saw in the above paragraph). Life coming from non-life is certain because its contrary is impossible, and (to the consternation of theists) this is true even if we allow for "magic" 'gods'. Let's academically consider for a moment the classic Judeo/Christian idea of a life-producing 'god'. HOWEVER we may wish to clearly and unambiguously define 'alive'; 'god' is either alive or it is not alive. (Note that no one is insisting that a 'gods' life is identical to biological life, but merely that the definition applied to this "living 'god'" not be ambiguous. This is for honesty's sake of course). If this life-producing 'god' is itself not alive, then its existence would refute the proposition "all life comes from life". If it IS alive and has always lived because it is eternal, then again, this would refute the proposition "all life comes from life" as its life would not "come" from other life. If we presume some other thing created this 'god's' life, then this alive/not-alive dilemma persists and merely passes on to it and if another being created it, it would also "inherit" this dilemma. So, in a scenario where life-creating 'gods' exist, then the proposition "all life comes from life" must be false. If there are no life producing 'gods', and life in the universe is a tautological truth (which it demonstrably is), then again, it must be true that, as with everything, and every phenomenon and every process, it must have at least one unprecedented first in this universe, then "all life comes from life" must be false as life must have an unprecedented first and it would be this occurrence which would refute the proposition "all life come from life". (Note: In fact, "all life comes from life", given that there is life, is obviously absurd. That's like saying it's true that "no one can run a stop sign until someone runs a stop sign", given that people DO runs stop signs.) If "all life comes from life" is necessarily false, then its categorical contradictory "at least some life comes from non-life" must be true, ergo "life coming from non-life" is a logically certain fact in our universe. In fact, the demonstrable fact that there IS life in the universe is evidence that "all life comes from life" is false. (See the parenthetical note above). If anyone should request proof that "all life comes from life" is false, demonstrable life in our universe is sufficient evidence of this given the necessary logical consequences of this fact. And since life coming from non-life is an absolute certainty, then the thought of abiogenesis shouldn't be such a bitter pill for anyone to swallow. If it is, then it must be due merely to an illogical parochial bias and not sense and reason. The Dhampire LOGOS i |
| Life from non-life is absolutely certain |
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