1. Autocatalytic RNA reaction networks -- "soup producing more soup" -- are easily replicated in the lab, subject to Darwinean processes, and are at the center of ongoing study. "0 to Darwin" is now easy, "Darwin to Life" is the new focus, and God of the Gaps must retreat once again.
2. Spores hitchhiking on impact ejecta sounds exotic until you realize that anywhere life is present at all spores will be everywhere and extremely sturdy. That desktop wallpaper you have of planets crashing together and kicking off an epic debris cloud? Everything not molten is full of spores.
3. Religious explanations are not in the same universe of seriousness as 1 and 2. Opening with a religious talking point and closing with a false equivalence is mega sus.
2. Spores hitchhiking on impact ejecta sounds exotic until you realize that anywhere life is present at all spores will be everywhere and extremely sturdy. That desktop wallpaper you have of planets crashing together and kicking off an epic debris cloud? Everything not molten is full of spores.
3. Religious explanations are not in the same universe of seriousness as 1 and 2. Opening with a religious talking point and closing with a false equivalence is mega sus.