The Mystery of Life | The Creation Podcast: Episode 46 | The Institute for Creation Research

The Mystery of Life | The Creation Podcast: Episode 46
TUESDAY, APRIL 04, 2023

We all know life when we see it—but what is it REALLY? Where did it come from? And how did it begin? Could life have spontaneously come into existence through something like abiogenesis?

Host Ivana and geneticist Dr. Jeff Tomkins discuss what life is, and the opposing thoughts regarding how it started.



            

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