Comment Darwin's Black Box. (Score 1) 480
A fantastic book by Micheal Behe that I strongly recommend to all those that are interested in this whole debate. Basically Behe destroyed the theory of macro-evolution (species to species) by examining life on a bio-chemical level and citing at least a dozen examples of irreducible complexity on the cellular level. I realize that this may not tie in explicitly with the discussion about engineering life, but this book presents an excellent argument as to why Darwin was simply wrong. One might also note, that in order to "create" this bacteria, they are just (i'm sure it is still quite difficult) rearranging materials already available to them in a labratory environment.