[Mean Daddy]

I've seen evolutionists spout that their theory doesn't work against the bible, because it doesn't give you a timeline. But the one argument I've never heard anyone answer is, if all life and matter exploded from a thimble full of matter and over billions of years planets, stars and eventually life formed, who made the thimble full of matter?

[babble-on]

That's why I think the Creationists make a mistake in assuming that evolution = atheism. Evolution does turn some of the most mundane aspects of the Bible (like the adding up of the years since creation to yield a 4000 year old planet) into fables. But when people say that their understanding of evolution is not un-Godly you should take them at their word. Many physicists and biologists feel that the more they learn about the universe the more beautiful it becomes.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I've seen evolutionists spout that their theory doesn't work against the bible, because it doesn't give you a timeline. But the one argument I've never heard anyone answer is, if all life and matter exploded from a thimble full of matter and over billions of years planets, stars and eventually life formed, who made the thimble full of matter?

Hmmm. Who made the thimble maker? Might we have more than one thimble maker?

[Dimensio]

if all life and matter exploded from a thimble full of matter and over billions of years planets, stars and eventually life formed, who made the thimble full of matter?

Well, that much has nothing to do with evolution. It's also a horrible attempt at summarizing the Big Bang theory, but the best answer science has to offer as to the ultimate origins of the universe is "we don't know".

[whattajoke]

But the one argument I've never heard anyone answer is, if all life and matter exploded from a thimble full of matter and over billions of years planets, stars and eventually life formed, who made the thimble full of matter?

The beauty of science is that science can simply say, "I don't know that right now, but thousands of scientists are putting aside their respective religious beliefs and are currently studying that seeingly unanswerable question." Much like the early astronomers dove into a field that was previously, "known," ie, the world was flat and the sun revolved around it.

the lunacy of bible literalists doesn't bother with the question at all: "god created it, so there," end of debate. I don't know about you, but I'll go with those who actually care about the question.

[andy_card]

But the one argument I've never heard anyone answer is, if all life and matter exploded from a thimble full of matter and over billions of years planets, stars and eventually life formed, who made the thimble full of matter

That's outside the realm of human understanding (at least at the moment). Anybody who tells you otherwise is a liar.