Is Abiogenesis a fact?

From the Christian Apologetics site - http://www.carm.org/evolution/evoterms.htm :

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Abiogenesis - the hypothetical process where life spontaneously formed from organic material that had arisen from inorganic material.

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From the Talk.Origins Archive - 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution: Glossary

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abiogenesis Not to be confused with "spontaneous generation," it is the theory that life originally arose from non-living matter, given the proper conditions during the early earth.

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From these definitions, I would say that you are asking about life from non-life rather than if the Martians left their DNA while copulating in the ocean before they left for another galaxy.There are a number of experiments going on concerning this subject. Despite some promising results, I don't think that the scientific community at large is stating that abiogenesis is a fact.

You seem to have overlooked the chance that a god had a hand/tenticle/noodly appendage in it.Many assume that abiogenesis means that there was no supernatural force acting on the chemicals that clumped together. So, gods causing the initial lifeform could be an option.Aliens too...but you put that in with abiogenesis for some unfathomable reason.edited to get my quote box rightThis message has been edited by LinearAq, 12-29-2005 02:56 PM

Ok...Then all you are asking is whether life has been on earth back through infinity past.I would say...hmmmmm...nope! Since the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and the universe seems to be only ~14 billion years old, then inifinity past for life on earth is pretty much out of the question.

Certainly we agree that:No Life on earth--- something happened --- Oh Look! Life!The problem was that the OP addressed abiogenesis and if it was considered a fact. I apparantly mistook that to mean "chemical interactions that eventually produced self-replicating conglomerations of chemicals that could be classified as living."Mini_Ditka corrected me by saying he was not interested in the manner in which life became. From my point of view this leaves the OP with the much easier question of: Is it considered a fact that there was once no life and later there was life.Easy answer....yup!....time to close the thread....bye...have a nice time....see ya...g'nite.