kwick20 postulated: "How do you explain the existence of the physical universe? Evolution?"
Not by the magical actions of an imaginary man in the sky. Nor by the rhetoric of those on earth with a vested interest in maintaining their social positions and personal self-respect based upon their metaphysical collective fantasies. I have far more respect - if not exactly blind faith - for the written works of Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison and Stephen Hawking than I have for the politically edited written record of first century cultists.
Moreover, "The theory of evolution does not require faith or belief. When there is evidence present, a theory does not require faith. Evolution has evidence to support it therefore it does not require faith. It should also be noted that 87% of the population accepts the theory of evolution. While 87% of the population accepts evolution, only 13% of the population is secular. Therefore, even if the entire population of secular individuals accepted evolution, one would have to wonder where the other 74% came from." http://www.geocities.com/atheist_anon/common.htm