Oh

it was big

I remember that

Very big

Was it "Church of Christ"

yes

Ah

Those guys are really eccentric Prots

they didn't like music

in the church

at all

Yeah, sounds like them

yee thats who it was

They are really wonky denom

church music is lit as shit

I don't remember much

it was long ago

I'd say you should know better, but given the current states of churches in almost all the world now, I know better than that.

I wouldn't go back to one of those. They are known for being cultish

would you go back to church?

but yea after that i became a catholic

no

If Hindus got something right, it's Kali Yuga

What types of arguments do you find convincing? Scientific, philosophical, historical?

Personal testimony?

I am a huge science person. I can't say much about philosophy though, or the biblical timeframe

that kinda came out weird but you get what i am saying

Interesting

Are you aware that self-replicating life requires an absurd number of nucleic acids to reproduce?

The minimal genome right now (syn3.0) is 4.4 kilobases

And it's kept in a super special medium just to stay alive and reproduces poorly by blebbing

Additionally it needs a cell capsule and membrane

So you need fairly elaborate saccharide and phospholipid membranes

Removing the membrane or the capsule would kill the cell since the minimal genome doesn't produce any notable structural proteins

Is there any way to explain how such a life form would come to occur on Earth?

I'm on a lab team that just wrote a review on this subject actually

The minimal genome that is. Not the life origins

well that goes into abiogenesis, which isn't clearly understood as of now. We arent sure what process creates life yet. I do know however, that the first life on Earth lacked a membrane and many other complex structures. Now I suck at biology, so tomorrow I will have to take a look into all this. Watch a few videos and read a few essays.

sorry I didn't think you were gonna get into this now, I actually have to get to bed. I got class at 8 lol

and its midnight

Gotta tell ya that a few videos and essays likely won't cut it lol