No one knows how life began. As to the origin of life on Earth, those in favor of a cosmic ancestry have argued that the "genetic seeds of life swarm throughout the cosmos"--not DNA per se, but rather, that bacteria, archae, viruses, and fungi--and their genes--fell from space, perhaps embedded in meteors and asteroids or were carried here by solar winds (Joseph 2000, 2009, 2017). This latter view is vehemently rejected by NASA and several of the "major" religions who preach that all life began on Earth either miraculously in some sort of organic soup, or (according to the theists, as to the creation of woman and man) via the hand-of-god--a position NASA rejects in favor of Darwin's "small tiny steps" version of evolution, which, however, has been refuted by the fossil record. Not surprisingly, Nobel Prize winner, Francis Crick (one of the "fathers" of modern genetics), utterly rejected NASA's implausible claims, arguing that since even the simplest life form is impossibly complex, that perhaps highly technologically advanced god-like aliens purposefully seeded this planet with life. Crick, however, was unable to come up with a plausible motive. Maybe these god-like aliens did it for entertainment, or as an educational toy, an Earth-sized "ant farm" for their god-like alien children, with humans and other Earthly life, serving as the ants. The ancient Romans and Greeks believed themselves the playthings and unwilling servants of the gods; whereas in Chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis we are introduced to a Lord God (and his fellow gods) who created humans in their image, as they needed a work force to tend their crops, fruit trees, and animals. Which raises the question: if there is a "god" (or gods) is "God" an extraterrestrial?
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