Originally Posted by raymr

Evolution doesn't explain it, but it presumes that life and the common ancestor emerged, undirected and naturally, from simple non-living substances. The first version of abiogenesis, stating that life self-started rather suddenly, was discredited. The newer theory adds a few million or billion years to give the building blocks of life more time to slowly develop and combine. I think a few more million years would only turn the premordial soup into a nasty stew.

Evolution denies the existence of a supreme being, but why couldn't we have evolved from a singular finely engineered cell?