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   >>>ALL the above must be present for life to be. So where did   
   >>>it originate?   
   >>   
   >> You're assuming half-alive creatures can't exist.  But those kind of   
   >> replicators almost certainly existed.   
   >   
   >They did and do exist --> in the fantasy world of fools.   
      
   Are viruses part of a fantasy world?   
      
   >>> When considering that question, this is the key   
   >>>point to remember.   
   >>>   
   >>>      "The key point to remember in abiogenesis research is:   
   >>>        There is no way in hell that proteins could have formed   
   >>>        by non-biological chemical processes...in terms of their   
   >>>        process of origin, they are churned out only by machines   
   >>>        in living cells that use the genetic code as part of their   
   >>>        production apparatus."   
   >>>                                                ~Vincent Maycock   
   >>   
   >> Sure, I'm an RNA-first kind of guy.   
   >   
   >In the real world, RNA comes only from   
   >DNA, which itself comes only from pre-   
   >existing DNA. You should have known   
   >that!   
      
   You mean in the *present world,*  not in the "real world."   
      
   >A lone RNA molecule would have no   
   >function or purpose apart from  the code   
   >that it receives from DNA.   
      
   No, its "purpose" would be to replicate.   
      
   >The RNA world hypothesis is in effect a   
   >*fantasy world* for fools who reject real   
   >world *science*.   
      
   Why don't you share with us the "science" found in saying "God did   
   it"?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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