1) Aren't you using chance in the exact same way in which you accuse christians?
To some extent, yes, however the universe itself is a cache of probabilities and unlimited testtubes that allow an infinite amount of chances and circumstances. Not to say that chance is entirely responsible for everything. Chance isn't a force, it is an amount of time in which circumstances either happen or do not. So for everything that exists in the universe to exist some things happened while others did not over the course of billions of years giving us what exists today.
2) why should there be something instead of nothing? I don't really understand the "should" part of the question. If life did not begin on this planet, it would have happened somewhere else. 100 billion stars per galaxy with 100 billion galaxies in the known universe give an immense amount of permutations for planetary evolution. Life exists here because things were just right at the right time, however the fact that does exist does not mean that at some point in history it could have not existed. Our planet has a very violent past and any number of events throughout the ages could have eradicated life from this planet. This is very likely what happened on Mars, somewhere in it's early stages some cataclysm occurred making it a dry and inhospitable planet.
3) Where do you get your morals from?
Family and society. Morality is a product of civilization. If a child is raised amongst animals that child will grow up with only the basic instincts for survival, morality will have nothing to do with it. However in modern societies we are bound by a code of ethics that stems from that civilization itself. We have to live together, so morals are basic rules we must live by to do so peacefully.
4) How did morals evolve?
It probably began biologically as a herd mentality. However it wasn't fully recognized until we began to build villages that consisted beyond family members.
5) Can nature generate complex organisms, in the sense of originating it, when previously there was none?
It has, so yes. If you look at all the life that we know existed throughout history, you will see one evolutionary chain of species grow more and more complex. There were dinosaurs near the end of their reign 65 million years ago that were the apex of that particular species. T-Rex for example was an apex predator, far better at it than it's predecessors. The T-Rex was bigger, stronger, had a more powerful bite, had a better sense of smell, and had better vision than any tyrannosaur before it. Parasaurolophus I think it was had a complex vocal labyrinth in it's crown allowing for complicated sound production that did not exist before it. It's why sharks and alligators most likely will not evolve beyond their current state, and have not for the most part. They are highly specialized, highly complex species.
To some extent, yes, however the universe itself is a cache of probabilities and unlimited testtubes that allow an infinite amount of chances and circumstances. Not to say that chance is entirely responsible for everything. Chance isn't a force, it is an amount of time in which circumstances either happen or do not. So for everything that exists in the universe to exist some things happened while others did not over the course of billions of years giving us what exists today.
2) why should there be something instead of nothing? I don't really understand the "should" part of the question. If life did not begin on this planet, it would have happened somewhere else. 100 billion stars per galaxy with 100 billion galaxies in the known universe give an immense amount of permutations for planetary evolution. Life exists here because things were just right at the right time, however the fact that does exist does not mean that at some point in history it could have not existed. Our planet has a very violent past and any number of events throughout the ages could have eradicated life from this planet. This is very likely what happened on Mars, somewhere in it's early stages some cataclysm occurred making it a dry and inhospitable planet.
3) Where do you get your morals from?
Family and society. Morality is a product of civilization. If a child is raised amongst animals that child will grow up with only the basic instincts for survival, morality will have nothing to do with it. However in modern societies we are bound by a code of ethics that stems from that civilization itself. We have to live together, so morals are basic rules we must live by to do so peacefully.
4) How did morals evolve?
It probably began biologically as a herd mentality. However it wasn't fully recognized until we began to build villages that consisted beyond family members.
5) Can nature generate complex organisms, in the sense of originating it, when previously there was none?
It has, so yes. If you look at all the life that we know existed throughout history, you will see one evolutionary chain of species grow more and more complex. There were dinosaurs near the end of their reign 65 million years ago that were the apex of that particular species. T-Rex for example was an apex predator, far better at it than it's predecessors. The T-Rex was bigger, stronger, had a more powerful bite, had a better sense of smell, and had better vision than any tyrannosaur before it. Parasaurolophus I think it was had a complex vocal labyrinth in it's crown allowing for complicated sound production that did not exist before it. It's why sharks and alligators most likely will not evolve beyond their current state, and have not for the most part. They are highly specialized, highly complex species.
"In our youth, we lacked the maturity, the decency to create gods better than ourselves so that we might have something to aspire to. Instead we are left with a host of deities who were violent, narcissistic, vengeful bullies who reflected our own values. Our gods could have been anything we could imagine, and all we were capable of manifesting were gods who shared the worst of our natures."-Me
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
