>But if one strand of RNA -- or whatever the first Life was made of --
>spontaneously appeared, likely other such molecules were also being
>spontaneously generated, and were competing with the first Life
>for resources -- in this case, free RNA bases.

I think there are endless conditions that you've accepted without question.
Why would RNA want more RNA.
Why would a replicator be an advantage to any molecule.
Why are you starting  the origin at the point of the first replicator - how
about the first use of energy, first cell, first...
If any RNA survives, what is it surviving? What are the dangers?
What is mutating any of this?
What would push or force the RNA to do anything?
I think there are about 100 or so such questions that must be answered before
you can talk about the origin.
IMO it is much more complicated and much more drawn out, and it has a history
that is just about as far before the first replicator as the history of the
planet.

Tom
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