Introduction

The most useful tutorial on Evolution that I have found so far is the “Plant Evolution Tour” by Adam Dimech. The tour begins with the very beginning of life, which occurred with the appearance of bacteria between 3.8 and 3.5 Ga (billion years ago). The theory is that for life to occur, organic cells would have to occur first.

Experiments in Organic Evolution

The main theory for how this happened was suggested by Kenneth Miller:

[Miller] found under laboratory conditions that hydrogen, carbon dioxide,

ammonia and methane gases, when heated with water and charged with electricity

for 24 hours converted much of the carbon into other organic compounds such as sugars,

amino acids, purines, and pyrimidines - compounds which are all essential building blocks of life. It was hypothesised that these conditions

replicated the earth’s environment at the time, and if organic molecules could be formed in 24 hours, then it was probable that over a

much longer period the first cells developed in similar conditions.

Remember that science only deals with physical evidence, and in this case the physical evidence is that various organic compounds can spontaneously appear under rather simple conditions... however, not all of them will appear together. By changing the experiment, different conditions generate different organic compounds. Unfortunately for an atheistic Evolution, these different sets of conditions could have not have occurred together:

I remember when this first occurred to me that each different experiment producing a different building block of life,

meant that they would not occur together in either time or space. I then realised that this alone kills off the

entire chemical evolution paradigm. And yet this was the preferred materialistic paradigm, because then only time and chance

would spontaneously produce life, with no implausibly special conditions (which could require an Intelligent Designer) required.

— Stephen E. Jones, writing on Chemical Evolution

 

Conclusion

So, on one end is the insight that tells us how to create organic compounds under primitive earth conditions; on the other is the realization that purely physical processes cannot account for everything. So, does the successful generation of organic compounds prove that Evolution is possible or impossible. The GeoCreationist conclusion (based on 1 Chronicles 14:15-16) is that God rigged the game.