How life began is still unproven!

How did life begin? It's a simple question. It assumes only two things, that life exists now and that it didn't at some time in the past. For such a simple question, with so little to define before exploring the possibilites, why is it that after 5,000 years of recorded history and 300 years of dedicated scientific study, we still can't answer it with scientific proof?

I think that the main problem is we abandoned the question a long time ago. Instead we assume our answer to the question is correct and interpret everything else in light of that answer.

Both Evolutionists and Creationists fail to unbiasedly approach the study of how life first formed. Perhaps the evolutionist considers the emergence of life from non-living materials a settled issue. But until the mechanism for abiogenesis is discovered and proven, the question of how life emerged is still open. I am not denying the possibility that life appeared in this way, but until the mechanism can be demonstrated, to act as if the question is closed is nothing more than an assumption and should be viewed as such.

Creationists are no less guilty of approaching the topic with bias and predetermined conclusions. In fact, many creationishts make the scientifically unfounded assumption that life cannot arise naturalistically and spontaneously. Yet the only proof they offer is the lack of proof that life did arise from non-living materials. And when they are confronted by this, they hide behind this statement: "Since the creation of life was a unique and supernatural event, there is no scientifically valid method for proving special creation." Frankly, this is a cop-out! Everyday, we make judgments concerning the origin of things around us, deciding whether an item was produced by naturalistic means, or by a conscious, creative act. Authors have been identified from their work, because structure and nature of the work leaves evidence of the author within the text itself. How much more should there be observable evidence throughout creation that testifies to life's author.

The emergence of living things is probably one of the most amazing and least understood things in the universe. The only way we are ever going to get to the bottom of the question (scientifically speaking), is if people on both sides of the Creation/Evolution debate find a way to work together and share their research. And it is not enough to work together on "common ground" we have to work together on the most contentious problems. When each side brings its perspective to the issue and the other listens and considers how it fits within his own perspective can we achive the catalyst of knowledge that may allow us to crack the question and truly answer, scientfically and definitively how life emerged.