The Silicon Hypothesis

Today, I would like to add yet another point concerning why God must exist. This point concerns how life could have arisen spontaneously from inanimate matter if there is, in fact, no God. As we know, the chemical structure of all living things is based on the element carbon. This is because carbon is a very versatile element in forming the complex and varied structures that are necessary for living things. Carbon is also abundant.

But carbon is not the only element that is able to form the complex chemical structures necessary for living things. Silicon is also abundant and can form very complex structures. Yet, the structure of all living things are based on carbon with none to be found based on silicon.

It is true that silicon cannot form as many different molecular structures as carbon does and it cannot be carried through the air like carbon can in the form of carbon dioxide. Even so if life arose spontaneously from inanimate matter by complex molecules forming by random chance, we can be certain that there would be at least some life forms to be found based on a silicon structure or possibly a combined silicon-carbon structure.

I consider the fact that in the galaxy of life forms that are found on earth, not a single one is based on or involves silicon to be proof that living things did not arise spontaneously as they must have if there was no God that created life. God created living things and chose carbon to form the basis of the chemical structure.