Atheists are curious types. Let's take the strong view of athiests, those asserting that no deity exists. (The link also discusses the weak form - more-or-less agnosticism.) How do these folks come to this conclusion? There are a couple of reasons: (1) Having no deity anywhere is rather convenient to one's life style. It gives an excuse or ability to do whatever one wants without regard to primal causes or consequences. (2) There appears to be a wide body of scientific evidence that the traditional views of creation have no credible place in their thinking and beliefs. Note, we are well beyond any religion, another topic completely, and are moving toward the existence of all that is. Various views of the universe range widely, though mostly these days the "big-bang" theory is the lingua franca of views. This means the universe has been created through a terrific explosion of all matter. It created galaxies and everything else we regard as the material un
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