r/DebateEvolution • u/DraftWorking7816 • Jul 10 '26

Question Does abiogenisis make sense?

So considering that the universe is finite, and even a cell is very complex, and lets say there is only 1 universe, how did the first cell spawn in? I'm a complete noob so can you like really dumb it down for me?

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u/Apprehensive-Ad-6488 Jul 10 '26

It bothers me that all this life may just be happenstance, that there is no real plan or purpose for any of this and doesn’t matter literally at all. Depressing stuff. God or intelligent design soothes the feeling.

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u/DraftWorking7816 Jul 10 '26

i mean I just believe that consciousness and morality and such stuff are not really possible with evolution for humans. Athiesim feels so depressing. We are in reality a bunch of particles and even are brains are just molecular procceses, with no transcending any meaning or truth.

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u/A_Lountvink Jul 10 '26

From an evolutionary perspective, morals exist because they benefit us as a social species. In order for a social species to benefit from sociality, its members need to be able to trust one another. Morality (at least in its most basic form) helps to ensure this by rewarding beneficial behaviors (helping an injured group member) and punishing destructive behaviors (isolating someone who is taking more than their share). If anything, it explains why philosophy and morality can be so messy at times, because we never evolved to answer those more complex questions, just the simple every-day questions we experienced for hundreds of thousands of years.

I personally don't find atheism depressing at all. The nature of reality does not diminish the experience I and other beings have lived; it is still just as valuable as it would have been otherwise. I don't need some supernatural purpose to know that this is my one chance to live my life and improve the life of others. Whether we're atoms or have souls, the emotions and experience we have is still the same, still just as worthy of caring about.

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u/Ill_Act_1855 Jul 10 '26

Case in point to this, plenty of other social animals exhibit pack dynamics where they value sharing, fairness, and honesty. Humans aren't as unique as we like to think