As a chemist and then chemical engineer - It's easier for me to believe that a freak incident that cause all the stars and matters to line up in just the right way than for this fantasy -
life was brewed in a torrid mix of chemicals and lightning in the mud and oceans of
and to create even just one DNA molecule.
And, remember -
"what came first? The chicken or the egg?"
Now extend that a million times❗
The next question -
What came first? The life-form or the DNA that makes it?
And, I'll need the process and the numbers - time, materials, energy, the steps and the numbers of steps and their sequence❗
This is much harder to have a randomly chosen group of people to perform a play without a plan or script and expect a perfect performance out of it.
I'll even back off from the main issue -
Life can only come from life❗
RE: We are not alone. The Universe is teeming with life, much of it far more intelligent and advanced than mankind