Origin of Life

The three main ideas explaining the origin of life are:

a. The Theory of Evolution

	New species came into being over millions of years.
	Natural processes are sufficient to account for this.

b. Intelligent Design

	New species came into being over millions of years.
	Natural processes alone cannot account for this.

c. Sudden Creationism

	God created all forms of life around 6,000 years ago, pretty much as they are today.

The accepted scientific view is the theory of evolution, i.e., the neo-Darwinian synthesis. (Only a tiny minority of scientists depart from the accepted view.)

Religions which adhere to Sudden Creationism reject evolution entirely, although some denominations of Christianity recognize that some sort of evolution took place. See [Christian views on evolution]?.

Recently, intelligent design has been formulated in an attempt to bridge the gap between faith and science.