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There's so many things wrong with that. I hope everyone here understands the following points, and if not, would do a little study:
1) The idea that something existed that was uncreated by something else is shared also by most religious views. So to ridicule atheism on that point is clear confirmation bias. The idea that God created the Universe is provides no simplification or explanation because the question would then immediately become, "who created God?"
2) The initial state of the universe and the big bang is not only responsible for everywhere and everything but also everytime. There was no time before there was space. The difficulty to comprehend is a result of people applying a simplified and imperfect understanding of physics ('folk' physics) that everyone develops while growing up (perhaps somewhat innate) rather than taking a formal approach.
3) As far as "re-arranging" itself (e.g., into planets and galaxies etc.), the forces of the universe are understood quite well
4) Confounded with the last point, the process of (effectively) random changes and mutations on a molecular level is well understood in physics and chemistry
5) "into self-replicating bits" is obviously the domain of natural selection, which in its simplest form is a tautology (true by definition): mutations that promote self-replication/survival are more likely to self-replicate/survive.
This has little to do with atheism and everything to do with basic science
1) The idea that something existed that was uncreated by something else is shared also by most religious views. So to ridicule atheism on that point is clear confirmation bias. The idea that God created the Universe is provides no simplification or explanation because the question would then immediately become, "who created God?"
2) The initial state of the universe and the big bang is not only responsible for everywhere and everything but also everytime. There was no time before there was space. The difficulty to comprehend is a result of people applying a simplified and imperfect understanding of physics ('folk' physics) that everyone develops while growing up (perhaps somewhat innate) rather than taking a formal approach.
3) As far as "re-arranging" itself (e.g., into planets and galaxies etc.), the forces of the universe are understood quite well
4) Confounded with the last point, the process of (effectively) random changes and mutations on a molecular level is well understood in physics and chemistry
5) "into self-replicating bits" is obviously the domain of natural selection, which in its simplest form is a tautology (true by definition): mutations that promote self-replication/survival are more likely to self-replicate/survive.
This has little to do with atheism and everything to do with basic science
