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Originally posted by Flaming Homer@Aug 31 2005, 04:57 PM
EDIT- as for your general public statement, you do realize that there are roughly 2 billion christians right? that accounts for 33% percent of the worlds population, then add in the 1 billion muslims and such, Atheists and others form a small percentage of the general public, I guess most just have a high affection for hockey teams? 
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I just have a hard time getting over the hypocricy of someone saying that science is right and religion is wrong when it is a scientific fact that matter cannot be created from nothing.
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Is that a fact? I don't know that. Nor have I ever heard anyone of scientific repute say it. Suppose for a moment what you say is a widely believed scientific principle. "Matter cannot be created from an absence of matter."
Guess what? The principle can CHANGE! That is the beauty of science - it isn't dogma. It isn't to be believed in with faith. All good scientists QUESTION these things. If you can show something to have a preponderance of evidence against it, you can SHIFT the belief system.
Where is the hypocracy in that?
Who created the first atom? How did the first atom come into being is a better question. One that doesn't presuppose anything. I don't know. Nor do I feel the need to make up an answer - like "The invisible flying spagetti monster".
As for your EDIT: Your numbers are off. The fact you think the earth only has 6 billion on it is sort of a bad place to start. I won't go further than that other than to recommend a google search on the subject.