That's a couple of times now that it has been mentioned that "inorganic matter" became "organic matter", and used as "ammunition".

This is a total red herring in context of evolution.

Everything really happens at molecular and sub molecular levels...atoms, electrons, neutrons, protons, quarks etc.

Organic material comprises mostly carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen, and exactly how and with what it is assembled governs the final product.

Inorganic material is everything else.

Organic matter was once alive, and is currently alive, and can reproduce.

Rock does not become vegetation, however, rock can erode, become soluble in water, and could conceivably eventually form a minor part of another compound.

Vegetation will decompose, and can, after a long long time, become the basis for fossil fuels, and coal, and diamonds.

So although it is possible for the individual molecules to re combine, it is only through a process of decay and time that this could happen.

BUT it is not part of evolution.

The theory of evolution rests on natural selection, where those who best adapt to their environment survive to reproduce. Traits, determined by genetic makeup, and that help a species thrive, will get passed on.

It happens very slowly in long lived organisms, like man, but it happens faster in shorter lived animals (giving rise to breeding programs) and is highly accelerated in bacteria, which, as I have typed this, can be in its second or third generation. Why do you think we have bacteria resistant to penicillin? IF organic life is "static", should bacteria not simply always succumb to a dose of antibiotics? It does not because there is a small segment of its population that is resistant, and it can reproduce, and that which gives it resistance survives and becomes a norm in the population

Why do arctic hares have small ears vs their long eared cousins? (It is because of heat loss--large ears lose body heat) Why do eagles and other raptors have keen eyesight? These are "niche" adaptations. They allow these animals to survive and thrive in their particular environment.

But evolution is NOT one species turning into another. Canines cannot become felines. But there is certainly a variation within species that can be explained by evolution and adaptation to a particular animal's environment and survival needs.

And as far as dinosaurs and other pre historic animals goes, the earth is 13.5 or so billion year old, there have been several "epochs and periods" where particular flora and fauna developed, flourished, and died out. There is sufficient scientific evidence to support this larger picture.

Does this version of events contradict the Bible, and certain religious beliefs? Yes, without a doubt. Does this contradiction pose a problem to those who believe literally in the Bible? Yes, without a doubt.

But does all this mean there is no God?

Nothing I have experienced or seen in this world, or understand about our world, our universe and its history can possibly lead to such a conclusion.

Believing in evolution as a force of nature is not incompatible with a belief in the existence of God.

If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop