I couldn't agree more. It's impossible to draw mathematical conclusions. We can however theorise about what is necessary for life to come into existence, and try to get a rough idea of the probability of each of those stages completing successfully. RND/DNA universe and all that. The bit I struggle with is how either of those two, the RNA universe of the DNA universe, could ever spontaneously come into existence. I'm not saying they couldn't, it just boggles the mind.Data points of known life is 1. Thus it's impossible to draw any mathematical conclusions, since some of the starting defintions are unknown.
As for the creator question, isn't it a little bit redundant? If God created the universe, then he created the laws of physics. If God created the universe, then he created those mighty forces that brought together dust clouds into stars and planets. If God created the universe, perhaps he designed those laws of physics, the distributions of mass in the universe, everything we know, precisely so that it would form life?
An analogy (a poor one, but hopefully it illustrates the point):
Is creation is like a river carving a valley, simply a product of forces of nature?
Is creation God making the river source, which then goes on to carve a valley?
Is creation God making the river source & the rock and earth so that a valley would be carved?
Personally I believe that if the ultimate creator of the universe created everything then saying "God didn't make earth, gravity did" is a self contradiction.
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