Was at least the first life form created?

[Nick A.]

God is a theoretical entity that is postulated by theists to explain various phenomena, such as the origin of the universe, the design of the universe, and the origin of living things. Modern science, however, can explain all of these phenomena without postulating the existence of God.1 In the words of Laplace, science has no need of that hypothesis.2 By demonstrating that God is not needed to explain anything, science has proven that there is no more reason to believe in the existence of God than to believe in the existence of phlogiston, the luminiferous ether, or Vulcan. This may explain why more than 90% of the world's top scientists disbelieve or doubt the existence of God

Now I can certainly see that if one is an atheist (does not believe in gods) and uses this as reasoning for that belief (a possible atheistic presupposition) how he/she would tend to look at this kind of evidence and conclude that it is sufficient evidence to conclude that a god is not necessary. So in an attempt to try to understand your thinking on this, I was wondering if you would tell me whether you agree with the quote or, if not, what your presuppositions are (presupposing you have them ). This would go a long way in helping me to understand your perspective which is what I want to do.

Sure thing. I would agree with that quote, almost entirely. In the most minimalistic sense, my disbelieve of a God is based upon it's lack of credibility as a hypothesis as to the creation and function of the universe. I was raised a Catholic, and believed myself to be devout for more than a decade. However, the more I exposed myself to the sciences, the more I noticed inconsistencies with what I had believed. What gave me the push to atheism was the simple question "Is God, a magical thing in the sky, really the best explanation that we as intelligent beings can come up with for the universe?" Obviously I think the answer to the question to be definitively no. From there, I delved into the more detailed aspects of Atheism, which brings me to where I am today. I hope that helps in your "understanding."

~Nick