You really should read this

NOVA: How did life begin? Q & A with Andy Knoll.

I will risk my credibility by saying that unless you are an evolutionary biologist, this is probably the most enlightening 5-10 minutes of reading you will do today. It took a lot of willpower on my part to avoid scattering this post with quotes from the article. Believe me when I say that it is really fascinating stuff.

Even if you believe in creationism, you will appreciate this article for its remarks about the mysteriousness of it all. This is by no means a "see, I told you so -- evolution is right!" type of deal. It is an intellectually honest look at the big questions surrounding the origin of life from someone who knows his stuff.

(The article, by the way, is a few years old but I highly doubt any of you have seen it before. Even if you have, it is worth another look.)

---

I found the article via NOVA's page devoted to evolution, which has all kinds of other interesting resources.