Reply #21: We see evidence of the evolution of life all around us. [View All]

[drm604]

It strikes me as remarkable if it hasn't occurred elsewhere. I didn't say must. You put that word in my mouth. But I am saying it's very very likely. Given what we see around us on this planet and given the apparent universality of natural law, it seems almost a given that the same chemical processes will go on elsewhere. If those processes are not going on elsewhere, it seems like there must be something we do not yet understand about the universe that is preventing it. Our current understanding would seem to predict that it will and has occurred elsewhere.

You've lost me with the watchmaker analogy. That's usually used as a defense of creationism. I'm not sure I understand its relevance here.