dead shit used to be alive, lite. when talking about the very simplest forms of life, the definition is blurred. there are viral and bacterial organisms which don't wholly conform to richer definitions of life than yours. at the same time, these life-like organisms cant be said to be dead until they're killed.
i think the link between evolution and the origin of life revolves around this definition, if there is a link at all.
BINGO. Antagon figures out what life is. End of word games.
Now maybe you can answer my question???
no, lite. offering that something used do be alive gives no insight into what alive is in your reckoning.
by my estimation, i think that the relationship between life and its simpler, naturally occurring components likely bears the answer. i think evolution is one of the major mechanics of life's origin, but that definition is stretched as well. where evolution is expressly about life, it must be stretched to encompass the role of chemistry and later biochemistry in different environments. from that perspective, the simpler components of life could be brought together sufficient to form simple organisms which straddle the line between life and biochemical happenstance. some 'life' like this persists today.
i dont have a specific abiogenesis theory which i cling to, but i do find those proposals to be less far-fetched than the misinterpretations of scripture which you hold to, lite. given my faith, the physical properties and histories discovered and deduced through science in no way precludes those spiritual beliefs which i hold. i could except that i am God's produce, even though i am physically a combination of my parents genetic code. i am alive in God's image despite whatever science could avail as to how life was physically derived and evolved. the bible does not break down the details of human anatomy available in scientific books. for you, this means that our anatomy does not exist, and that God is only evidenced in the parts of anatomy or any science which tests the limits of our ability to understand. for me and millions of others whose faith invites them to learn about the natural world, we can learn a lot about its Creator in the process and take each observation as such evidence, even if it isnt 'irreducibly complex'.