What might be the spiritual origins of YEC?

What is meant by “can be achieved by natural processes”? If we mean “does not require miracles to happen”, then the experiment proved that. If we mean “has a fully known sequence of events by which it could happen in nature without intelligent intervention”, then the lab experiment did not prove that. [Note: by “intelligent intervention” I am referring to the sort of design implementation that most popular ID invokes, in contrast to God’s ordinary providence, which is continuous intelligent involvement but not intervention.]

Unlike the construction of an iphone, though, the formation of complex biological molecules is something that can occur with no intelligent intervention - the laws of chemistry apply. Various studies have found ways to produce non-racemic mixtures, and some of the amino acids reported from meteorites commonly show some degree of non-racemic proportions (e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919777/ ). Also, once you have molecules interacting, having one stereoisomer promotes asymmetry in the molecules that it interacts with - as chirality gets going, it would be self-reinforcing. You don’t need a pure homochiral sample to get started. Interaction with polarized light, with electromagnetic fields, or with some sort of template (such as certain minerals) are among the possible causes of a non-racemic proportion.

Complex organic molecules can self-assemble; the chemical steps are relatively simple. Getting specific useful complex organic molecules is the challenge, but getting some sort of complex organic molecule is easy. Complex inorganic molecules self-assemble as well, as a course in mineralogy will show.

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