I said "intelligence", not "god". Does the name we give it even matter?

The Universe had a beginning. Hubble's red shift discovery has shown that the Universe is expanding out of a singularity around 13 billion years ago. All matter and energy we are aware of came from that singular event.

Something cannot begin to exist in the physical universe without a cause (Something out of nothing). Since our universe had a beginning, and everything in it exists, what caused this?

I said "intelligence", not "god". Does the name we give it even matter?

The Universe had a beginning. Hubble's red shift discovery has shown that the Universe is expanding out of a singularity around 13 billion years ago. All matter and energy we are aware of came from that singular event.

Something cannot begin to exist in the physical universe without a cause (Something out of nothing). Since our universe had a beginning, and everything in it exists, what caused this?

Nothing begins to exist in this universe without a purpose, a reason for its existence. Who or what established the purpose of the four fundamental forces and determined their precise magnitudes, dimensions, and finely tuned interactions?

The four fundamental forces combined with the rest of the Universal Constants have always presented a dilemma for secular scientists, they have attempted many times and in many ways to scientifically refute the idea that the universe is finely tuned so that life can exist. Out of all possible combinations of matter, energy, and forces, and all possible magnitudes and dimensions for each of them with which to build a universe, who or what chose the only combination in which life could exist?

As an example, Let's consider just the four fundamental forces.

If the strong nuclear force was a unit of magnitude larger than it is, no hydrogen would form; atomic nuclei for most life-essential elements would be unstable; thus, no life chemistry. I this force was smaller, no elements heavier than hydrogen would form: again, no life chemistry

If the weak nuclear force was a unit of magnitude larger, too much hydrogen would have converted to helium in the big bang; hence, stars would convert too much matter into heavy elements making life chemistry impossible. If this force was smaller: too little helium would have emerged from the big bang; hence, stars would convert too little matter into heavy elements making life chemistry impossible.

If the gravitational force was a unit of magnitude larger: stars would be too hot and would burn too rapidly and too unevenly for life chemistry. If smaller: stars would be too cool to ignite nuclear fusion; thus, many of the elements needed for life chemistry would never form.

If the electromagnetic force was a unit of magnitude greater: chemical bonding would be disrupted; elements more massive than boron would be unstable to fission. If lesser: chemical bonding would be insufficient for life chemistry.

The odds are beyond astronomical that this came to be by some random chance, there is an intelligence behind this, and that intelligence had a purpose. Life is a far too beautiful a thing, far too complex and mysterious, to think that we are the result of time plus matter plus chance. If we are nothing more than chemistry and physics in motion, then we have no intrinsic worth--our worth then is determined by the state or by an extrinsic entity.

I agree with the "science" of your posts. Here's a simpler method to express all that you have said:

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved above the waters. And God said, "Let there be light, and it was so. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day' and the darkness He called 'night.' And the evening and the morning were the first day."- Genesis 1 // Everything that exists -both seen and unseen - is created by God. Therefore, all science, matter, logic, ill-logic, reasoning, understanding and intelligence is made possible by God....and there is no other like He. period.

I agree with the "science" of your posts. Here's a simpler method to express all that you have said:

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved above the waters. And God said, "Let there be light, and it was so. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day' and the darkness He called 'night.' And the evening and the morning were the first day."- Genesis 1 // Everything that exists -both seen and unseen - is created by God. Therefore, all science, matter, logic, ill-logic, reasoning, understanding and intelligence is made possible by God....and there is no other like He. period.

John Gottfried Eichhorn has been called the ‘Father of Old Testament Criticism’. He believed that the Bible was a product of human initiative, without divine intervention. Eichhorn was the first to apply the term ‘myth’ to biblical studies, and he argued that the Genesis accounts of creation and the Flood were just like the fables in other cultures. During the 1820s, in lectures to theological students at Göttingen, Germany, he ridiculed miraculous events in the Bible, several years before Darwin embarked on the Beagle.

At around the same time, German theologian David Strauss studied the philosopher Hegel, who had said that Christian theology was symbolic and that it simply anticipated the evolution of a single, infinite, spiritual life unfolding in the history of mankind. In 1835, Strauss published The Life of Jesus Critically Examined. In it he argued that the supernatural elements found in the gospels were due to stories that arose after Jesus’ death; the miracles were not history but religious symbols. The book caused a sensation in Germany and cost Strauss his career.However within a few decades the book was being widely accepted and is now regarded as a brilliant and important work by liberal theologians.

Nicolai: God anticipated the very thing you wrote about. Jesus taught "be ware of the wolves in sheep's clothing" and "many will come claiming to be me and in my name." Where do you suppose these "great thinkers" you wrote about got their 'intelligence and ability to think' from? How can someone be called a "theologian" and yet claim that God is not real? Was Strauss there when Jesus performed the miracles recorded in the scriptures? Search your own inner feelings, question yourself as to "why does this even matter" when you consider the 'myths' or symbology presented as fact by others. What you will discover is a t***h so amazing that most are simply left in awe when they realize it; that t***h is: God lives inside of you, me, and all of His creation. No denial, disbelief, ranting or raving against God's word will prevail. Have you ever wondered -despite all the 'nay-sayers' the Bible remains the number one best seller of all time, produced in more languages than any other book, and has been t***slated and printed more than any other book in the world? Consider this: if God is actually real (and indeed He is), accepting Him (in the form of Christ Jesus) and trying His ways costs you absolutely nothing - while denying Him and His ways will one day cost you eternity. Do you really want to take the chance of missing out on spending eternity with God in peace and harmony where death, pain, heartache, hunger, and illness no longer exist? Do you want to miss out on re-uniting with all of your loved ones and friends because you thought "believing in Him to be silly?" Search your heart and mind....although you seem to be wavering on a ledge, God does in deed love you and desires that you be saved - but He gives you the 'choice' and will not force Himself upon you like man would. If you would seriously ask Him to "make himself known to you" He will do it. Just don't expect a 'parting of the sea or bright light to surround you' because God chooses how He will reveal Himself to man. If you ask seriously God will make Himself known in such a way that not even you can doubt it. It costs you nothing except the asking.

What your doing is equating nature with god as though nature is god but nature is natural and gods are supernatural. I or Nobody can say there is no god anymore than you can say there is, since there is no proof outside the bible that there is. How can you belief the bible stories when there is no known author. The writers of it are unknown. At the same time there is a mountain of evidence that would suggest that the idea of an all knowing, all powerful, and omnipresent god is highly unlikely