Problems understanding naturalistically the beginning of the universe

[drfuzzy]

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Well, I appreciate what appears to be a genuine response from you, so thank you.  Perhaps it would be more productive for everyone involved if you bring up the specific issues and ideas that you're interested in debating.  This approach might help us distinguish you from the steady line of trolls that come in and out of here like a revolving door.  

If I may say, I think you are operating under the wrong, though seemingly innocent assumption that atheists don't know anything about Christianity.  Many of our members have thoroughly studied the bible, and many of us are former Christians ourselves.  Myself included!  So, don't assume we have tons of questions, and don't assume that the reason we are atheists is because we have knowledge gaps regarding Christianity.  Just a few suggestions; you can, of course, take them or leave them.  [emoji41]

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Excepting a few of you, I do not doubt the fact that you have read the Bible and that the majority of the people in here did, you can trust me completely about this. The problem is another one, you have to stop believing about me that I am a main "Bible believer" christian that trusts the Bible alone and believes the earth to be 6000 years old. This is NOT Orthodox Christianity at all, I come from a Church that is aproximately 2000 years old, since the time of the Apostles (two Orthodox patriarchates we have today, Jerusalem and Antioch, were founded by the apostle James and by Peter and Paul, respectively, for example). We may be worshipping the same Jesus Christ (even if I doubt it) but our theology is absolutely different in every way possible (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church, for those who want to know more) and trust me when I say that when you talk to me you are not simply talking to another christian that you are used with since I am different enormously different from a protestant and a catholic.

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I do not blame any of you because the Orthodox Church, even if it has aproximately 350 million members online, is not so well known because of its lack of involvement with the media and the world in general, but still, I believe it would do very well to further discussions to have in mind that both parties should leave prejudices aside.

1)  350 million members.  So, is it your position that the other 7 billion, 650 million people on this planet who are not Orthodox have it wrong?

2)  In this case, for both parties to leave prejudices aside, you would have to be able to at least consider the possibility that god does not exist.  Atheists have studied scripture (although without the writings of the Orthodox church fathers) and most have come from a place where we believed that god existed.  That belief died.  I no longer believe unsupported claims. Scientific evidence would change my mind.
     So putting prejudices aside is pretty much impossible, here.  Because you're not going to stop saying "But I know that GOD!!!!" and we're not going to stop saying "prove it".   And you'll wave your 1700 year-old preachers and books in our face, and we'll say "that's not evidence".   Now, if you manage to come up with something more interesting - - - that would be good for a change.