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"Being an athiest, do you believe that the earth happened by chance?"

Huh? Chance? Not at all. The laws of physics have little to do with chance, except perhaps on the most basic subatomic level. I'm not a physicist or a cosmologist, so I can't say I understand all the ins and outs of the origins of the Earth or the universe.

Quite frankly, it doesn't matter all that much to me. It's here. I'm here. It was here before I got here and it'll be here after I'm dead. I'm a lot more concerned with what I'll cook for dinner tonight than I am with the origins of the Universe.

Huh? Chance? Not at all. The laws of physics have little to do with chance, except perhaps on the most basic subatomic level. I'm not a physicist or a cosmologist, so I can't say I understand all the ins and outs of the origins of the Earth or the universe.

I also am not a physicist or a cosmologist. I guess I define chance in this context as the lack of a creator. But fundamentally I would no more assume the earth did not have a creator than the building I am sitting in.

Quite frankly, it doesn't matter all that much to me. It's here. I'm here. It was here before I got here and it'll be here after I'm dead. I'm a lot more concerned with what I'll cook for dinner tonight than I am with the origins of the Universe.

Fair enough. I appreciate your answers. I know it's off topic but I don't have much interaction with athiests (that I know of).