(September 13, 2023 at 8:33 pm)Data Wrote:(September 13, 2023 at 8:22 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: Theist: "The first thing that existed in the universe was an intelligent, powerful being who created everything else by speaking it into existence."
Atheist: "I don't believe you."
Militant Fundamentalist Atheist: "No, seriously, I don't believe you."
Good call for the militant fundamentalist atheist. The creator of the universe doesn't exist, nor has ever appeared in the universe. He can't.
As far as we know, it took 13.8 billion years for the first talking being to emerge in the universe. It is most likely that a talking being was not the first thing.