The origin of life.

Mankind is an infinitely complex species. Our minds are great labyrinths of which we know very little. Our bodies are extensions of this complex grouping of matter. Our bodies exist so cohesively with the mind that we see ourselves as what has been placed outside of ourselves, our faces, our clothes. My thoughts race through neural pathways to language centers who translate these thoughts, which send signals to my fingers, who then precisely tap out a rhythm of code that is then received by other humans to read.

What drives the mind? Where is that life spark? How is it possible that after a big bang occurred, random molecules came together to form the universe as we know it? How can an infinitely long string of naturally occurring coincidences lead to free choice? It can't. And that is my only hope for god.

Two opposing theories.

Bang. "Let there be light."
The universe exists. "darkness was upon the face of the deep"

Particles coalesce into atoms and stars. "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters"

Planets form around stars. "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear."

These planets rotate around their stars. "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night"

Life is born in the seas. "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures"
Life moves to land. "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds; cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds."

Man is born. "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

Matter is now sentient, able to make independent decisions. "God finished his work which he had done, and he rested"

One day. the stories of creation will merge as one. In all great arguments, compromise has always won. Nature vs nurture. Virginia plan. string theory. There are many. Religion and science are approaching one another ever slowly.