Where did you hear the amoeba was the "first creature"?

From  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_evolution

Between 4500 and 2500 Ma The earliest life appears, possibly derived from self-reproducing RNA molecules.[4][5] The replication of these organisms requires resources like energy, space, and smaller building blocks, which soon become limited, resulting in competition, with natural selection favouring those molecules which are more efficient at replication. DNA molecules then take over as the main replicators and these archaic genomes soon develop inside enclosing membranes which provide a stable physical and chemical environment conducive to their replication: proto-cells.[6][7][8]

You asked a question, I asked a question, how is that insulting?

Good answer chosenone...I think.   Than again....

Actually, my response was similar, but I don't fully understand such things.  That's why I posted it here--as an honest question, not as an opening for insinuations that I am stupid.

The person posing this, btw, has a doctorate and teaches classes at a major state university, but I don't always agree with the evidences he presents. For instance, he is a young-earther who believes Genesis 1 presents 7 24-hour days.  I am an English major who looks at literary forms and believes the days are not meant to be taken scietifically (and logically, given the day of the creation of the sun and moon, can't) and that the Earth is very old.

 I did think this was an interesting question that deserved discussion, however.

In the end, it's part of a larger question about how organisms that require each other's existence can evolve independent of an overarching purpose.

I did.  In detail even; everything except a name.  

I've read your posting history, and I'm not going to be drawn in.  

edit: if you're asking how a question can be insulting, 1, I can't believe you've never heard someone say an amoeba was the first organism, 2, again, your posting history leads that way, 3, you asked a question I had answered in the op, making me think you were making a point instead of expecting an answer.

Yes.  When you make snide remarks about people's spelling and ask others if they've ever taken a science class, a certain patterm falls into place. The other two items I listed contribute as well.

Now, can we discuss the question?

If I'm wrong, I apologize.  Now, can we get back to the topic?

Good to see, Marc.