[BrianL3827]

"A scientist computed the probability of a single protein molecule (one of the molecules essential for life) arising out of chance. As stated in the book Human Destiny, it would take 10 to the 243d power [1 followed by 243 zeros] billions of years for this to happen! Since scientists estimate the age of the earth to be a few billion years, there would not have been enough time for this to occur!"Actually that would mean it would likely happen only once every bazillion years, meaning it could happen at any point in that time period. So in fact, a few billion years is more than enough time for this to take place. Congratulations, you just proved your own argument wrong.People forget that random events are... well... random. Just because something it unlikely to happen doesn't mean that it won't happen.