Any "qualified scientist" that issues creationist writings ought to be immediately defrocked.

Life only comes from life - yep. Except, one fine day, billions of years ago, it all got started from non-life. I say it happened following the known laws of nature (though exactly how is an intriguingly interesting matter yet to be resolved). You say that some complex superbeing, for whom we have no evidence, kicked it off. Or something. Or was it just before Noah. Trouble is, I'm digging and you're guessing.