[longshadow]

where did all the material that forms the planets, the galaxies, the suns, meteorites etc. come from?

They are an unavoidable consequence of the Law of Conservation of Energy as it applies to the Inflationary Epoch of "Big Bang" cosmology.

You may well have read all about the "Big Bang" but it is apparent that virtually everything you've read about it was wrong. Instead of getting your info from the "Pat Buchanan School of Cosmology and Tatooing", I recommend Ned Wright's website:

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm#News

[sgtyork]

unavoidable consequence of the Law of Conservation of Energy

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This very quote approaches meaningless or perhaps a loose faith structure itself. How can you have consequences without antecedents?