Politics and Religion
If you're still alive, point proven. 
OSP, even having a layman's understanding of the Big Bang isn't exactly an easy task.
First, let's talk about what elements are. Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Carbon, Oxygen, etc.
The only element the bang created was hydrogen. So what happens when gravity pulls together a whole bunch of hydrogen? You get a star, just like our sun. Gravity pulls the hydrogen together, the hydrogen gets compressed down, and just like rubbing your hands together, the friction creates heat. Eventually, the hydrogen gets so compressed and so hot that it reaches a million degrees. This heat will fuse hydrogen atoms (1 electron) into helium atoms (2 electrons), and nuclear fusion has begun. The star has begun to shine.
As time goes on over a period of millions, if not billions of years, the hydrogen will run out, and the helium atoms begin to fuse into higher elements. This is how every atom came into existence. Every atom in your body, right down to the carbon atoms that make up every cell in your body, was born inside the fiery furnace of a long ago dead star.
But when we talk about the Big Bang, we have to understand that nothing existed prior to that. Not even empty space. Not even time itself. Not even gravity. The entire universe pressed down into a single dot of nothing but energy. No matter, just energy.
So where did that energy come from? That's a good question, but you might want to consider this: Could that energy *not* exist? The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle suggests that it couldn't. This is because it *requires* energy for empty space to be empty. In experiments in which we have created empty space (in a vacuum), we find that the energy inside that space goes up and down. In other words, when you make empty space empty, matter and anti-matter particles appear to pop into existence, literally from nothing. When these two particles collide, explode, and cease to exist again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4D6qY2c0Z8
There are other theories about this, one of which is that we don't live in a universe, but rather a multiverse, and that when the big bang happened, it was just 2 universes colliding into each other.
The amazing thing is that nothing can travel faster than light. And when the universe began, it blew up like a balloon. In other words, every point in the universe, used to be at the center of the universe.
If you look up at the Orion constellation, you can see the star Betelgeuse. A red giant, this star is expected to explode sometime between now and the next million years. Betelgeuse is 614 light years away. Meaning, that when you look at it, you're not seeing it how it is right now, but rather what it looked like 614 years ago. In other words, the farther you look in the universe, the farther back into time you can see. This begs the question, if you look far enough, can you *see* the Big Bang?
The answer is no. The universe was just an opague ball of fire at it's creation. But you can see the universe when it first cooled, when it was only a few hundred thousand years old.
So would you like to see a baby picture of the universe? We now have that image, and it suggests that the universe likely collided with another universe, creating the energy that caused the Big Bang.
who believe in God. What would you say to them. Better yet, in your mind, how do you see them being able to be scientist and believe in God. I know the answer. Let's see if you do! 
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I can't apologize for idiot racists , or change the way they feel .
Growing up around the devoutly religious AND atheists , you wouldn't have been treated like that in the Bible belt if you weren't Asian and outnumbered 1000 to 1 .
Bullies from everywhere , whether religious or atheist almost always harass the vastly outnumbered .
You would have likely endured the same racism in your youth if you had grown up at the same time , almost anywhere in the U.S. except New York or San Francisco . You grew up during this countries most recent anti Asian times .
Not many years before you were born , the President himself was extremely racist against Asians .
Most atheist or religious thugs looking for prey , will likely look at me and think to themselves " That MOFO might cut my head off if I fuck with him " , even though in reality they don't realize , I'm a really nice guy , trying to live my life with peace and harmony with everyone in the human race .
Even the most devout believer in heaven , or atheist that is happy with the knowledge he will turn to dirt after death , will try to save their skin on this earth , when they have a choice to live .
I've had a few issues with violent skin heads as an adult , but they don't count as human . 
and telling a holy roller that you are gong to hell rarely will shut them up, usually it invites more conversation/preaching instead. You should feel fortunate that you don't live in the bible belt, or you might be a little more in tune with what russ had to say. I've lived in the South for decades and I know damned well that these religious pukes will smile in your face, but wouldn't hesitate to string you up from the highest tree in the name of their religion if they thought they could get away with it. These "nice church folk" are as narrow minded, duplicitous, and downright scary as any muslim terrorist beneath that smiling veneer.
Unless of course you've been posting under an alias all along!