hello to start off I just want to say I am an atheist I don't believe in god cuz I see no proof for his existence before you say anything I want you to know referencing your bible as proof to me is the same as referencing twilight as proof for vampires saying the proof is all around you the beauty of this world to me is more an emotional statement then hard facts to me everything around me just enforces my belief in science of course some of u will say well how does your science explain how the universe began without realizing you aren't applying the same logic to your god how did god begin? who created him? if he always was then there is my explanation for science. the universe always was I believe we came from the stars ....billions of years ago when the universe was young and all that filled space was gasses full of elements and small stars the gravity of the stars could only pull in light elements but as time went on these stars grew by collecting lighter elements eventually becoming big enough to pull in heavier elements again more time passed until nuclear fusion became possible creating amino acids and simple proteins (the building blocks for life) once these stars aged they enter a state where they constantly shoot out there contents across the galaxy landing on anything they hit but of course most places aren't hospitable and could not harbor life but planets with just the right conditions (climate an energy source nd most importantly enough time to evolve) would become breeding grounds for small microscopic one celled organisms but they would not remain one cellular for long(don't think years but thousands of years) they would divide in to multicellular organisms with different cells now being able to become specialized ( flesh blood bones eyes and organs ) now I believe on a cellular level cells can communicate with each other our ancestors formed symbiotic relation ships with differing organisms ( for where I got this idea the cells in your body that help make energy DO NOT SHARE YOUR DNA) eventually these primitive animals would become what we see today given an estimated billions of years but not all organisms changed over time sea sponges and jellyfish remain virtually unchanged there survival strategy works great there is no need for further changes...before any one says if we evolved from monkeys why are monkeys still around I don't believe we evolved from them but we evolved from a common ancestor as them we simply took different evolutionary paths then them while there bodies are adapted for forested areas our bodies evolved differently one of the most important changes are the changes that occurred within our skulls our frontal cortex grew and with them our reasoning skills we adapted using our intelligence eventually become the dominate animal on our planet for no other animal has such an impact or control over this rock as we do I understand that I am only 18 but most of my time is spent researching this kind of stuff I find it mesmerizing if you have any questions about me or my way of thinking feel free to ask now feel free to tell me what you think and what you believe I look forward to reading your point of view