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Scientists Admit Ignorance About the Origin of Life
In his book, God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God, John Lennox quotes a number of scientists who admit their ignorance about the origin of life:
- One of the most eminent scientists working on the origin of life, Leslie Orgel, summed up the position as follows: "There are several tenable theories about the origin of organic material on the primitive earth, but in no case is the supporting evidence compelling."