I don't know enough about tides and atmospheres to say whether or not this sort of arrangement would be more conducive towards generating life.
However, there's plenty of evidence that our rotating Earth gives a lot of benefits. There's the jet stream, which helps to spread moisture, there's the tides themselves, which helped create thriving transition zones between aquatic and terrestrial life (tide pools, etc.)
I'm also thinking of Jared Diamond's Guns Germs and Steel. In our own case of planet Earth, we had pretty big geographic obstacles that both enabled and prevented the spread of certain forms of life (Deer can easily migrate within the larger temperate zones, enabling their species to spread easily. Viruses can't easily cross oceans, making it unlikely that they wipe out an entire species.)
However, there's plenty of evidence that our rotating Earth gives a lot of benefits. There's the jet stream, which helps to spread moisture, there's the tides themselves, which helped create thriving transition zones between aquatic and terrestrial life (tide pools, etc.)
I'm also thinking of Jared Diamond's Guns Germs and Steel. In our own case of planet Earth, we had pretty big geographic obstacles that both enabled and prevented the spread of certain forms of life (Deer can easily migrate within the larger temperate zones, enabling their species to spread easily. Viruses can't easily cross oceans, making it unlikely that they wipe out an entire species.)