Foundations of Creation: Volume 17

The origin of life from non-living chemicals is not a solved problem — it is one of the deepest, most stubbornly unresolved crises in all of modern science, and in this rigorous yet accessible volume of Foundations of Creation, young readers are taken step by step through every major naturalistic proposal and shown precisely where each one fails. The famous Miller-Urey experiment — still featured in most biology textbooks — is shown to have used the wrong atmospheric gases, to produce more toxic compounds than useful ones, and to be irrelevant to the actual conditions of the early Earth. The homochirality problem — life’s exclusive use of left-handed amino acids and right-handed sugars, which nature never produces in isolation — is explained through a vivid glove analogy that makes the obstacle immediately clear. The “RNA World” hypothesis collapses under the weight of its own chicken-and-egg logic. Scientist Douglas Axe’s mathematical research demonstrates that the probability of a single functional protein arising by random chemical processes is so vanishingly small as to be effectively impossible. The popular escape route of panspermia — the idea that life arrived from space — is shown to merely relocate the problem without solving it. Every code ever traced by human beings has come from a mind. The code of life is no different. Life came from Life. The evidence demands it.

What is Foundations of Creation Volume 17 about?

Volume 17 argues that the origin of life from non-living chemicals remains unsolved and walks young readers through the major naturalistic explanations, showing where each one fails. It revisits the Miller-Urey experiment, which it says used the wrong atmospheric gases and produced more harmful compounds than useful ones. It explains homochirality, the fact that life uses only left-handed amino acids and right-handed sugars, with a glove analogy, and argues that the RNA World hypothesis runs into a chicken-and-egg problem. It cites Douglas Axe’s research to argue that a functional protein forming by random chemical processes is effectively impossible, and it treats panspermia as moving the problem rather than solving it. The closing argument is that every code traced by humans comes from a mind, the genetic code is no different, and life came from Life.

Who wrote Foundations of Creation Volume 17?

It was written by Alfred Basta, a professor, author, and musician.

What genre is Foundations of Creation Volume 17?

It is Christian apologetics written as a technical reference on origin-of-life science, which means it surveys each proposal in turn and follows it with a critique.

Who is Foundations of Creation Volume 17 for?

The description calls it rigorous yet accessible and aimed at young readers who want to understand the origin-of-life debate.

Is Foundations of Creation Volume 17 part of a series?

Yes. It is Volume 17 of Foundations of Creation: An Encyclopedia Examining the Scientific Case for Biblical Accuracy, a 25-volume series. See the series on Amazon.

Where can I buy Foundations of Creation Volume 17?

Foundations of Creation Volume 17 is available in hardcover and Kindle editions. The hardcover ISBN-13 is 979-8197420749 (245 pages, published May 18, 2026).

Amazon (hardcover) | Amazon (Kindle) | Indigo (author page)

About the author: Alfred Basta is a professor, author of Ward No. 8 and The Malgrave Letters, and musician as The Bastas Project.

Last updated: October 12, 2026