Why there is no god

In this round, I will address the scientific nature of my argument, such as the claims of the self-designing universe and natural selection. I apologize for any ad hominem remarks I have made. They were not intentional and denotes a flaw in my argument. In this present age of the sciences, we can find many scientific facts and tested theoretical approaches on the subject of the creation of the universe. I will cite information from Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist as well as a renowned cosmologist which formerly held a chair at Cambridge. Mr. Hawking says that he does not believe in a personal God. I agree with him on this statement. And it seems Mr. Hawking has clearly wondered into the realm of metaphysics concerning issues of the creation of the universe. Mr. Hawking is an advocate of my following statement : gravity is the means by which the universe created itself from nothing. Here, we do venture into the realm of the metaphysical because there is very little proof, if any, to make this tremendous claim. However, I will examine well-known scientific facts that we can tangibly argue. Let's take into account the size of the Milky Way galaxy, our home at the moment. We are but an atom, rather, smaller than an atom in terms of a universal scale. Our observable galaxy contains billions of stars. Our galaxy is roughly 100,000 light years across (it would take, traveling at the speed of light, which is roughly 186,00 miles per second, to travel across the galaxy from one end to another). Now take into consideration that billions of other galaxies exist, some smaller, and some much larger. Now lets take into account the size of the universe. It is constantly expanding at a rate faster than the speed of light, due to the effects of what created the universe in the first place (quantum gravity). At this rate, the universe is expanding faster than we can ever possibly traverse it. Creationists say that the Earth is roughly 6,000 years old (and yes I am aware of the breadth of the creationist argument, I've been in church my whole life), and I would disagree with this based on radiometric dating. However, creationists also believe that the universe was also created at the moment the Earth was created. This would also make the universe 6,000 years old, which is scientifically impossible. If that were the case, we would not yet see the light of distant stars that are close enough due to the speed of light being only 186,000 miles per second. It would have taken billions of years for light from our closest neighboring galaxy (Andromeda) to reach our home planet of Earth. This is scientific fact, based on the theory of general relativity. It seems that apologists have not yet addressed the full breadth of the scientific argument, which is a fallacy in it's own right. As for the argument of natural selection, we must look further back into the history of the Earth, notably the Pre-Cambrian era. It is scientific fact that we are made of elements that coalesced into molecules, which in turned formed larger compounds to give rise to the building blocks of life ( i.e. DNA and RNA). Novel genes have not spontaneously popped into existence. It has taken billions of years for the right mix of elemental compounds, to first form the necessities of life (water) and for the sun to grow and expand to the right distance from Earth in order to form the most basic forms of life (prokaryotic bacteria). And thus, with the rise of the prokaryotes, comes the original novel genetic makeup, which in turn took millions of years to undergo the process of natural selection to form desirable traits in order to survive. I have not addressed the metaphysical arguments in this portion of the debate because metaphysics transcends the laws of science. The human mind cannot possibly address these issues. The brain approximately can store and retain information up to 2.5 petabytes (a petabyte is 1,000 terabytes). It is impossible for our brains to comprehend metaphysical aspects of the creation of the universe. As to Mr. Hawking's statement that he doesn't believe in a personal God. I do not either, but if we were to quantify the concept of god, I would put my money on the laws of gravity as being the first cause, and we have given a name to the first cause, and that is God. Yes, I do believe in "God", however, not in the religious sense. God permeates everything in the universe. And the concept of God is most certainly the "first" cause. On to you and thank you for this debate whoever you are. I appreciate your enthusiasm and I look forward to many more debates with you on other subjects. Perhaps out of this a friendship can form. Hopefully one that will lead to further self-discovery as well as discovery of the unknowable. Thank you and now on to you...