For me, it boils down to this. There are a group of atheists (who are in the minority) who basically accuse people who believe in a God
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On the flip-side, you have the fundamentalist Christians who don't really need more description. Unlike the angry atheists, who use intellectual supremacy to belittle their opposition, these guys tend to use moral supremacy. They deserve as much of a slap in the face as the atheists.
For me, they are actually two sides of the same coin. Just wish they would understand that one day.
@Raistlin: Here's some proof for you.
Traditional science found that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only re-arranged
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By Einstein's special theory of relativity, matter and energy are the same thing, just in different forms.
Throughout scientific history, there has been no finding of matter or energy being created
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The origin of matter therefore comes from something that we must statistically infer as impossible in the normal functioning of the universe.
So, basically, by statistical inference, some event had to adjust the fabric of space & time to create the universe. That event obviously had to be caused by something, which may be caused by something else, etc etc.
Eventually, we end up with something that can alter the fabric of space & time at least once. According to a lot of religions in the world, something that can do that would be considered God.
Now, you will most likely say that I am being irrational by putting God in the gap here. That is making a statement about me and not my argument
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And, finally, most religious people, outside the fundamental nut-jobs, do not say that God is a fact. They believe in God in the absence of facts. That is I believe the essence of belief. I believe that Manchester United are going to win the Premier League this year. I cannot prove it. Someone else believes that Chelsea are going to win the Premier League this year. They cannot prove it. So then, what must be done.