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The Bigger Picture on Creation� 3/28/13 �

© 2008, Reasons To Believe� 1 �

THE MYSTERY OF LIFE’S ORIGIN�FAZALE RANA

THE BIGGER PICTURE �ON CREATION �

! ULTIMATE questions of life�

WHY SHOULD CHRISTIANS CARE ABOUT ORIGIN-OF-LIFE RESEARCH?

TWO VIEWS ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

! Life is the product of EVOLUTIONARY processes�

! Life is the product of a CREATOR �

! ULTIMATE questions of life�! Students need ANSWERS

about naturalism. �

WHY SHOULD CHRISTIANS CARE ABOUT ORIGIN-OF-LIFE RESEARCH?

�TEXTBOOK��ORIGIN-OF-LIFE MODEL �TEXTBOOK��ORIGIN-OF-LIFE MODEL

PREBIOTIC �compounds formed.�

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�TEXTBOOK��ORIGIN-OF-LIFE MODEL

PREBIOTIC soup formed.�

�TEXTBOOK��ORIGIN-OF-LIFE MODEL

Building blocks of life formed.�

LUCA = �Last Universal Common Ancestor

LUCA

Prebiotic chemistry�

Bacteria�Archaea�

Eukarya�

LUCA

Prebiotic chemistry�

�TREE OF LIFE��

MILLER-UREY EXPERIMENT Building blocks of life��

Proteins��

Amino acids��

Prebiotic materials �



Origin of Life:�A Theory in Crisis

Earth formed �! 4.56 billion years ago �

Hadean era�! �Hades� = hell �

�Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.��(NIV) �

GENESIS 1:2 �End of Hadean era (3.9 billion years ago) �

!  Late heavy bombardment �

!  Late heavy bombardment �! Rocks melted�! Oceans evaporated�! Magma ocean�

END OF HADEAN ERA

~3.9 BILLION YRS. AGO�

! Life appeared early.�! Life appeared suddenly.�! First life was chemically complex.�

WHAT SCIENCE IS TELLING US �



Earth�s early conditions:�! Water vapor �! Hydrogen�! Ammonia�! Methane�

MILLER-UREY EXPERIMENT�

Earth�s early conditions:�! Water vapor �! Hydrogen�! Ammonia�! Methane�

MILLER-UREY: IRRELEVANT�

! Carbon dioxide�! Nitrogen�! Water�

! Life appeared early.�! Life appeared suddenly.�! First life was chemically complex.�! No evidence for prebiotic soup.�

WHAT SCIENCE IS TELLING US � �So far, no geochemical evidence for the existence of a prebiotic soup has been published. Indeed, a number of scientists have challenged the prebiotic soup concept, noting that even if it existed, the concentration of organic building blocks in it would have been too small to be meaningful for prebiotic evolution.� �

Noam Lahav, Biogenesis�

THE CREATOR�S FINGERPRINT�

�Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.��(NIV) �

GENESIS 1:2 �



! Dark �! Covered with water �! Desolate environment �

EARLY EARTH AND THE BIBLE �

�…like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young.� �

DEUTERONOMY 32:11 �

Why life so early?

�For this is what the Lord says -- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited.��(NIV) �

ISAIAH 45:18 �

! Early life transformed Earth by creating a high level of oxygen.�

PREPARING EARTH FOR HUMANITY For more information

www.reasons.org�1-800-482-7836 �



!  Illustrations: �! �Miller-Urey Experiment�: Phil Chien, © 2008 �

!  All other images from clipart.com�!  Some images excluded due to copyright restrictions. �

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