In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth Configuration. But, given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would take for just one of these protein molecules to appear by chance? Roughly 10 to the 243rd power, billions of years; and I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in a god.


The Ninth Configuration (ed. Tor Books, 2014) - ISBN: 9781466833418

William Peter Blatty Quotes

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth...

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth...

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth...

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth...