[Piers]

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My friend makes the common argument that science and religion are diametrically opposed.

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Semantics chopping.

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Who created God?"

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There is no reason why everything needs to have been created. This is not an argument against God.

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why God would create so much unnecessary 'junk', making this incomprehensibly vast universe with billions of stars, planets, galaxies, etc. Why would there be so much waste?

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Really! Invent an all-powerful figure beyond ones understanding, then ask dumb questions like that. If there were an answer, I doubt human motives have anything to do with it.

Again I seem to agree with what you say, which is curious, as you would almost certainly perceive me as an atheist.