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This is actually the issue I would most like to explore. Can evolution theory really apply to everthing in the universe, both living and not living? If a rat is adapted to life in the sewer, is a rat decomposed into carbon, hydrogen and the other elements also to be considered an adaptation to the ...

It seems that what you're saying is like saying that since the loss of any particular hair does not make a man bald, a man with hair will never become bald. Which obviously isn't true, if my dad is any example. If I had to suppose a sort of "vital spirit" to explain why a non-living compon...