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So instead, you believe that, unlike true logical thought, in which, "ex
nihilo, nihil fit" -- "out of nothing, nothing comes" is a fundamental
premise of logical reasoning and scientific inquiry, you substitute "out of
nothing, everything came" in which, with no causative agent, the universe
just exploded into being at 3:00 one Thursday afternoon?

I find it strange that those who say something had to create the
universe then turn around and postulate a "supreme being" that according
to them, didn't need a creator. Seems like begging the question to me.
Or, as Terry Pratchett put it "it's turtles, all the way down."

And no, I'm not an atheist, if for no other reason than a negative
cannot be proved. For that matter, try understanding the terms
"infinity" or "nothing" - you and I can quote the definition, but our
brains are incapable of really grasping the reality. For example, our
brains may understand the idea of atoms, but tend to give a big "Yeah,
right" when told the toe they stubbed was mostly empty space :-).

I do assume, based on the number of different religions present and
past, that if there is a creator, or creators, that the odds are very
slim that anyone on earth understands his/her/it's/they're requirements
for salvation. Indeed, they can't even agree on the existence or nature
of life after death.

Most people base their religious beliefs on nothing more than the
culture they grew up in. Not exactly the act of a (supposedly)
intelligent species.

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Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description