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On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 20:21:36 -0600, e904952p@hjc.edu.sg wrote:

However it
>seems pretty much a miracle to me that life simply came into existence all
>of a sudden---


well actually, not all of a sudden. it didnt appear for almost 700M
years after the earth was formed

 Even more astonishing is that life has a
>tendency to evolve in the direction towards greater complexity.

thats what happens with competition and the diversity of
environments...no designer needed.

n terms of ability
>to reproduce and surviving in harsh conditions we human loses helplessly
>to some simple single-cell organisms. 

they are specialists. we are generalists

Yet the very fact that you are
>reading this article suggests that there're built-in forces of nature
>that lead inevitably to the formation of systems of higher organisation
>and greater complexity. 

why? from a scientific viewpoint this is unnecessary. evolution
provides a completely adequate view of how life evolves.


Consider how eyes
>could have formed. Eyes definitely put some organisms at an advantage over
>others. But I suppose half an eye would not help much at that,

this is a question that is creationists try to use all the time. you
might try the talk origins FAQ which deals with this, or richard
dawkins book 'the blind watchmaker'. science has some pretty good
answers! dont accept info from people who have a biased viewpoint to
religion AND science. thats what creationism is....an attempt to prove
the bible is literally true. its religion, not science

There is evidence that eyes started as adaptations from other organs
(light sensitive spots on skin, etc) then evolved into eyes (there are
organism living today with simple eyes...no cornea, lens, etc). thus
we see HOW the eye evolved