Sciencespeak for “Poof – God did it.”

Matter and energy are not eternal. Matter can be converted to energy and the reverse as well. Remember E=m*c^2? That equation states the amount of energy (E) released by converting a given mass(m) of matter times the speed of light squared.

That’s more a conversion of form. When people say that matter/energy are eternal, they’re usually getting at a conservation principle, like the 1st Law of Thermodynamics.

Using Belief in it’s two meanings. (belief based on evidence) and Faith (belief w/o evidence) one could still accept both a God and the Big Bang.Theory.
(Just have Faith in a God who does things that way)

Oh and of course it’s not necessary to know how something works to doubt that it works magically via a Deity. In otherwords ‘You need Faith to be an atheist’ is a bogus argument. (God of the Gaps argument)

Hey I am pointing out fallacies :
– I never said if and only if Ray Compfort had made the video -

I’m not quite sure if that comment was directed at Safran, or other people that might ACTUALLY hold the view he’s talking about in that clip. But, just for the record, he is a comedian (of sorts).

@Everyone Else

For us Aussies, we can listen to him on the Radio every Sunday night, but if anyone else is interested, he has a weekly podcast (basically, the Sunday night show without the music breaks).

We don’t know that the matter is eternal. Just that it can’t be destroyed now.

Matter and energy are not eternal. Matter can be converted to energy and the reverse as well. Remember E=m*c^2? That equation states the amount of energy (E) released by converting a given mass(m) of matter times the speed of light squared.