Creatio Ex Nihilo - Forming Something out of Nothing?

[Mudhammam]

Well, I assure you it is a jaded and simplistic trope.

As opposed to this...

However, it would establish that there is at least one thing in the universe that has at least one of the qualities that the revealed monotheistic god (Jewish, Christian, or of Islam) claims for himself, viz. eternal being. Ya gotta start somewhere! =)

....To which I'm sure you expected a pat on the back while everyone simultaneously replied, "Wow, we haven't heard that one before."

Like I said, of course I was oversimplifying. My opinion is only jaded by the facts that have come to light in the past 150 years thanks to new archaeological finds in the Middle East, though I'm sure you already heard all about those in 6th grade P.E. too.

Maybe you have, but you certainly didn't learn that trope from that literature.

Are you kidding? Every scholar knows that the biblical authors were myth-makers who lived in the deserts of Palestine in the iron age and herded animals. I would assume, if you have read anything on the subject, that you would know that too.

Does its lack of originality mean that it is actually false? No. Does its overly simplistic and polemical nature tell us anything meaningful? Nope. Consider St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. It is supposedly the most elaborate tomb some ignorant fisherman from 1st century Galilee who was executed by Nero ever had. Do you think we would care if the origin of a biblical story came from the imagination of some iron-age shepherd? You don't have to believe it, but your intended condescension doesn't quite land.

That's great. Who cares if religion is fiction that simply deceives people into believing that their sacred myths are historical facts, I mean, look at that art it has produced! Wow. That's hilarious. Thanks man.