[Aidan]

Olber's Paradox, redshift, discovery of cosmic background radiation, and more observational evidence point to a finite universe that is currently expanding and at one time was in a dense, isothermal state.

Emperical, observational, repeatable evidence that points to the Big Bang model of cosmology. This makes it infinitely more plausible than an invisible, unobservable, diety that plays an active role in the universe.

You'll note that I've never contended that there isn't ANY possibility that some extra-universal agent exists, merely that there isn't a shred of hard evidence for it.

A lot of those theories are just that. Theories (Quantum Physics/Mechanics are mainly just theories too). Just like Gods and Goddesses are theories as well. Neither one can disprove the other, and the only thing that keeps religion going is the holes in which science has not (and probably will not) fill.

Again with my initial argument, something must have laid out the initial isothermal state. Nothing does not randomly blink into something. Then again, the creator could not have come from nowhere. Nothing doesn't blink into a sentient, all-powerful creator.

Sadly the argument of origin can carry on for a really long time and neither side will get really far XD