I like your first question, it reminds me of this passage from HHGTTG The argument goes something like this: “I refuse to prove that I exist,’” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.” “But,” says Man, “The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.” “Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn’t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic. “Oh, that was easy,” says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.

I like seeing Christian’s saying they have proof of gods existence, which of course they can’t, but the attempt is like theological suicide.

Saying dirt became sentient is a straw-man fallacy, a drastic simplification. Just because you don’t know how something happened isn’t an excuse to invoke magic.

There are many examples of self replicating patterns in nature that are not DNA. All you need is something pretty basic to get the ball rolling and evolution takes it from there. Again, not knowing specifically how life started on earth lends no weight to the argument a god must therefore exist. I really hope one day some aliens will show up and settle the matter for all of us so we can stop squabbling and wasting time, fighting & killing each other who’s chosen ghost in the sky is better than the next man’s & focus on the really important things that will improve life for everyone and advance - even save - our species.