Is the theory that non-living things can create living things true or false?
1) It depends on which theory we are speaking about. The old theory of spontaneous generation has been disproved. Because living things obviously exist and their existence does not seem possible at former stages of the evolution of the universe (Big Bang model), something of that kind must have happened. The scientific model for the origin of life assumes this. Also the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence or extraterrestrial life assumes this. 2) “In the natural sciences, abiogenesis, or origin of life, is the study of how life on Earth began from inanimate matter. It should not be confused with evolution, which is the study of how living things have changed over time. Amino acids, often called “the building blocks of life”, occur naturally, due to chemical reactions unrelated to life. In all living things, these amino acids are organized into proteins, and the construction of these proteins is mediated by nucleic acids. Thus the question of the origin of life is a question of
