But when I talk to people who are Darwinists or evolutionists and say, 'Well, how did life begin' -- they're...they don't have an answer. I mean, they have an answer, but it's a BS answer. It's an answer that wouldn't make sense to a small child.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims evolutionists lack a satisfactory answer for how life began.
- In plain terms
- Evolutionists do not have a good answer for the origin of life.
- What can you take from it?
- Critics argue evolution does not explain the origin of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does science explain life's origin?
- What counts as a good answer?
Another view
Scientific consensus includes hypotheses on abiogenesis.
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