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How Did
Life Begin?
by Doug Horchak
Science has long sought answers to several important questions: What is life? Where did it come from? How did it begin? You won't find the answers by peering into a microscope, telescope or test tube.
Millions of species share this planet. But only man has tried to understand the world and universe around him. Only man continues to search for the origin and meaning of life.
Clearly what sets us apart from all other living creatures on earth are the abilities and power of the human mind. It drives us to want to understand.
Some people's desire to understand life is made evident in religion by cathedrals, temples and churches. Others look to science in their search for meaning and gaze through microscopes, build particle accelerators and send space probes to neighboring planets in search of life and its origins.
When all is said and done, history has shown that, whether in religion or science, man's foundational curiosity has to do with the basics of life. What is life? How did life begin? How did it get here? What is the meaning of life?
Science and creation
When we consider the quest for the understanding of the universe and life
within it, one of the great minds of the 20th century, Albert Einstein, comes to
the fore. Although he studied physics rather than biology, Einstein was intrigued
by the question of human origins and the existence of the universe. He recognized
the evidence for an intelligence behind the functioning of the cosmos and the existence
of life.
After years of study into the structure and origin of the universe, he acknowledged that "the harmony of natural law" he saw in the laws of physics "reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection" (The Quotable Einstein, Alice Calaprice, editor, 1996, p. 151).
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