Actually, some evolutionary biologists believe that life didn't evolve on Earth. It was seeded from outerspace. This is called Transpermia. Look it up. Not any wilder than religious theories. I guess, it all depends on which vantage point you're analyzing religious 'origin of life' theories. In fact, most of them can be dressed up in scientific verbiage to sound, well, 'modern' and 'scientific'
