> the idea of humans evolving from simple immaterial matter into biological beings We have no evidence that life evolved from inorganic matter (i.e. that life

> the idea of humans evolving from simple immaterial matter into biological beings We have no evidence that life evolved from inorganic matter (i.e. that life 'began' at some point). That's a widely made assumption but it remains only that. The alternative is that life has always existed (and continually evolved).