(put forth by cartervt) Then he asked that you account for first life. My question to you is the same. You never addressed these issues.
I think you and I know that the scientific evidence is repleat with methodological scientific inquiry which has proven that the universe had a beginning, so we can dispense inane posturing with ruminations on the Theory of General Relativity, the background radation found by Wilson and Penzias, Hoyls statements regarding the 2nd Law, the objective findings of COBE and WMAP, the law of causality, Kalam's Cosmological Arguement, and so on.
Given your correct assertion that the universe had a beninning I ask you, "If there is no God, why is there anything at all? Why is there something rather than nothing?" Please remember before the BIg Bang, there was nothing, no time, no space, no matter, no energy. Nothing.Who or what decided to bring forth a universe from nothing?
If you would just answer carters question, and my additional question I will not ask any more from you.
I have no absolute proof, nor does anyone else I am aware of.
I do not believe the the scientists who attempt to explain the geo and bio history based purely on the available physical evidence are engaged in some sort of conspiracy to deny God because they have theories that contradict a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis.