> The idea that life came about by luck is completely absurd

Argument by ridicule is a fallacy.

> even more so than thinking that a computer chip was created by chance erosion of a silicone wafer in exactly the right pattern.

But, as I'm sure you have been told many times, that's an absurd strawman, and suggests that you didn't read TFA or anything else that discusses how life may have arisen, including any of the other comments here. Life didn't spring up fully formed, it developed in stages.

> As I see it

I can't think of anything less compelling.

> life was clearly designed by God.

That is semantically incoherent, as well as being a violation of HN guidelines ("Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle.")