Richard Dawkins 1of3: The Poetry of Science

angostic1100, evolution in the darwinian sense requires reproduction. Atoms don't reproduce, so they don't evolve.

But atoms do undergo change. The big bang created a soup of protons and electrons, which formed into hydrogen atoms according to the laws of electromagnetism. Heavier elements are formed in stars by nuclear fusion.

If you're interested in learning about atomic theory, I recommend some lectures by Richard Muller. Search youtube for: physics 10 atoms, and watch the first result.

"The big bang created a soup of protons and electrons, which formed into hydrogen atoms according to the laws of electromagnetism."

I think at this point you should admit that I would not learn anything with regards to the specific questions I asked. That statement you just made teaches man absolutely nothing. It's about a useful as saying that God created Jesus.

agnostic1100, of course my extremely brief summary of the process of atomic formation is not adequate to understand anything. These ideas can't be explained in 500 characters.

That's why I pointed you to an hour long lecture that can give you a BASIC overview of atomic theory. If you really want to understand why atoms work, it will take time and effort. These physics lectures are designed for non-scientists, and contain very little maths. I recommend watching the entire course.

"That's why I pointed you to an hour long lecture that can give you a BASIC overview of atomic theory. If you really want to understand why atoms work, it will take time and effort. These physics lectures are designed for non-scientists, and contain very little maths. I recommend watching the entire course."

If it is recommended for non scientists then why are you recommending it to me? You have no idea who I am. You make speculations that I am some moron who doesn't know how atoms work.

"You make speculations that I am some moron who doesn't know how atoms work"

What's your problem? I said non-scientist, not moron.

I speculated that you don't know how atoms work because you asked about how atoms work. Fuck me for trying to answer your questions.

"we will never know anything about how it came into existence....it's not observable science"

So then how is it reasonable for Strobel to make claims about the probability of the formation of the universe without a deity directing the process if it's impossible to know how a universe is formed? You can't work out probabilities of an inscrutable system. It's a contradiction. His arguments are nonsense.

I'll ask a third time, have you ever read a legitimate book about cosmology or evolution?