Is it possible that life on Earth is a result of alchemy?
Half a century ago, a meteorite hit Earth, carrying the building blocks of life on it. Water, ammonia, and carbon dioxide were found on the meteorite, and scientists now wonder if our origins are actually extraterrestrial.
While the Bible says that we appeared from the earth, as a full human being, we know today that we originated from the sea, our earliest form being a single celled organism, composed of nothing much more than proteins, acids, and bacteria.
A little water here, a little amino acid there, and it can sound like a concoction that is used in spells and sorcery. In fact two and a half weeks after writing and publishing this blog, the BBC posted an article that scientists have (for now) concluded that what killed the dinosaurs, as well as 70% of life on Earth, was a comet carrying osmium, a metal which can trace extraterrestrial material. Is it possible that this alien material changed life as we know it, creating an ecosystem hospitable to mammals larger than mice?
It is being discussed more and more with the recent popular assertion of ancient astronauts, that Yahweh did not create us, but rather that a group of gods, or elohim, did.
In understanding how life was formed from a few seemingly basic components, all working together, it is not difficult for me to imagine a pot with someone over it, throwing ingredients in and chanting.
Modern chemistry is attributed to an alchemist. The word "alchemy", which is a form of chemistry because properties mixed together cause reactions, not only share nearly the same name, but it also has its root word in "astronomy". Is this a coincidence?
While I believe we have evolved to mankind with little external influence, I do wonder if our origins are from an experiment, or if life is a result of what the father of chemistry pioneered, the "scientific method"; an experimentation by which a system used to investigate phenomenon, acquire new knowledge, or correct and integrate existing knowledge.
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