How Long Will Christians Wait for the End Time to Come?

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Two things:

1) As has been explained to you, atheism, per se, is not a belief system.  If you want to argue against metaphysical naturalism, that's one thing.  But as things stand, you're painting with too broad a brush.

2) With reference to the part of your quote that I bolded, you can't seriously think that Yahweh is a "logical explanation for the creation of all matter".  And if you do, you may be earnest.  You certainly aren't serious.

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Of course we know how matter comes into existence.  It happens on a continuing basis.  As I wrote before, an educated person knows the answer even if he thinks that he doesn't.  When celestial hydrogen is created in a sufficient amount and clumps together under its own gravity it forms a huge dense ball that goes nuclear.  Over time the hydrogen cooks in the nuclear furnace and forms new elements.  Eventually the star explodes and the residue recyles.

Here's a link that explains most of the process.  http://www.solstation.com/stars/4planets.htm

I don't think Deep Thinker has heavier elements in mind. I suspect he/she is getting at something like "where did the original hydrogen come from", all as a prelude to slipping God through the back door.  I also suspect that Deep Thinker conceives of the Big Bang (damn, I wish we could do away with that phrase) as creation from nothing rather than a change from one state that we can't currently describe to the state we inhabit.