How should Atheists and Religous people treat each other?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Problem: Where did those Atoms come from?

Non-Religous explanation: Maybe they where left over from a previous universe, which had collapsed on itself, leaving only 2 atoms left.

But how did that universe form?

Religous Explanation: A God made those 2 atoms, and made them collide.

Also, the Vatican has said that the Earth being made in 7 days is probably just a Myth.

Would any Atheists care to argue with me?

The problem with your summation is that it presupposes some sort of knowledge. Your 'Non-Religious explanation' isn't an explanation at all, just a "maybe". Your 'Religious' explanation is an explanation, but it's based on a supposition, a pre-existing belief. This makes both of them nothing more than guesses. The only real possible answer to the question of where the atoms come from is "I don't know".

Scientific theories are based on observed phenomena. Science is incapable of explaing why things exist, only how. Unless there is some evidence for any supposition, it ceases to be theory and becomes a guess.


"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."
-Andre Maurois