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That is, for those not familiar, "the natural process of life arising from non-living matter such as simple organic compounds. " As your probably familiar with, the Miller-Urey experiment to "create amino acids from atmospheric conditions similar to early earth." Interestingly from the same Wiki-page, "Extra-terrestrial complex organic molecules, including RNA precursors, have recently been discovered to be relatively common both in interstellar space and in the solar system, and may have assisted in the development of more complex chemicals on Earth".
Which says, to me, that you don't even have to put your full belief in the Miller-Urey experiment, only that it is successful in creating basic chemicals. Then, somewhere along the line, more complex chemicals are added from 'extra terrestrial' sources, which moves the whole process along exponentially. Still, we're a long ways from an ameoba at that point, but that's where 3.5 bill in the oven is supposed to help.
My favorite part of the wiki-page on abiogenesis...right at the top..."Origin of life" redirects here. For supernatural views on the origins of life, see Creation myth."-HA!
We are here, so they must be there....simplified and unproven, but it works for me.
'Cos this thread needed another tangent...