From <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat01.html> [quote]Evolution is not a random process. The genetic variation on which natural selection acts may occur randomly, but natural selection itself is not random at all. The survival and reproductive success of an individual is directly related to the ways its inherited traits function in the context of its local environment. Whether or not an individual survives and reproduces depends on whether it has genes that produce traits that are well adapted to its environment.[/quote] In short, the traits one can get through evolution are random, but they function to assist non-randomly in the local environment. The random mutations would do nothing for the organism if the local environment didn't favor it. I mentioned the viruses and such because of clarification. Otherwise it would be easy to say that abiogenesis is spontaneous life, like the watch analogy being made instantly, when it is organic molecules piecing together until you have something similar to life. I was referring to your whole quote, I just short handed it.