There is no evidence for God

Or they just had no idea what they were doing in the world and a ritual gave them some sort of reassurance that all would be well.

Typical theist blindness. "Thank you God" or "miracle" when something unexpectedly good happens, but no "damn you god" every time something bad happens. Instead just "it was his wish, who am i to question his wish".

Confirmation bias is such a *****.

"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"- Carl Sagan.

We shouldnt just rule out the possibility of a higher power, when we know next to nothing about the universe.

Sorry?
Lol i'm not a scientist nor do i need to be one to know that oxygen does not come from nothing. Neither does the vast majority of nature.

Everything comes from something, yes wind and oxygen has properties to prove them to be existent, but where do these properties come from?

What has that got to do with anything!

Typical ignorance right here. People like you always come up with an excuse to undermine people who believe in something different.
The truth is we dont know anything about this place we live in and for you to conclude that there is nothing higher, I pity you. I respect atheists, in fact I respect anyone irrespective of their beliefs, but what I dont like is when some atheists treat people who believe in God as fools. Who are you and what have you done to think that you can just blindly tell people that there is no God.

I have no time for extreme atheists.

"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"- Carl Sagan.

We shouldnt just rule out the possibility of a higher power, when we know next to nothing about the universe.

I'm not sure if you're arguing against the natural processes that has led to the formation of the elements, or what precisely you're talking about. The questions are asked in such a loose and ambiguous way that it can't be clearly answered. Any specific properties you want discussed?

If it's the nature of matter, then we refer you to the fundamental forces. If it's the nature of the fundamental forces, then we simply refer to the mathematical nature of what we observe and there is no real reason humanity is aware of for those forces to exist other than that if they hadn't then no observer could emerge to ask the question.

If you're asking a more basic question about how the chemicals of the periodic table form, see Wiki pages of astrophysics and nuclear fusion. If it's about why chemicals react the way they do, then read into chemistry and the geometries of electron orbitals.

If it's about why life exists, break down what life is about (conversion of energy using metabolic processes to proliferate a genome). If it's about the variation of species, then read into evolutionary niches. If it's about evolution by natural selection, read into the origin of species and perhaps some statistical theory.

It's not all that clear what you're trying to get at, so no further discussion could really be had.

What natural process has led to the formation of elements exactly?
The forces you talk about, where do they come from? (Not a trick question, but please let me know)

You are telling me why life exists and what life is about by referring to more science jargon,
So i exist because of more physical forces, okay : ) ? Okay then what?

If humanity wasn't aware that these forces existed, then quite frankly there would be no humanity.

**** what do I say to this?

What natural process has led to the formation of elements exactly?
The forces you talk about, where do they come from? (Not a trick question, but please let me know)

You are telling me why life exists and what life is about by referring to more science jargon,
So i exist because of more physical forces, okay : ) ? Okay then what?

If humanity wasn't aware that these forces existed, then quite frankly there would be no humanity.

The formation of elements was caused by nuclear fusion in the hearts of stars.Stars under intense heat and pressure force lighter nuclei into heavier nuclei.So hydrogen nuclei are forced together to make helium nuclei.Heavier elements are made in high mass stars before they go supernova.Its not known how exactly life got started but there is no reason to evoke a supernatural explanation.Evolution just describes the process by which species are tranaformed into other species over time and there is a lot of evidence for it.Thats why everything has Dna and why lota of animals have two eyes and four legs because they origionally came from the same thing.

Well my parents are religious but not Christians. I came to Christ after reading about the word of God on the Internet and in school RE lessons.

I assume you know at least a little about what a chemical is, and at least a little about nuclear structure.

If we have a huge cloud of hydrogen gas in space, and it was spread out perfectly evenly, then galaxies won't form because the forces would be perfectly canceled in every direction. The Universe was not spread out perfectly evenly, so the slightly more dense regions started attracting the less dense regions.

After a while, millions of years later, it can get dense enough and hot enough from all the moving about that the middle parts of these atoms called nuclei can smash together even though their charges are the same (think how hard it is to push two strong magnets together, same poles). A star is born.

These stars are factories that turn lighter elements into heavier elements, with a particular force called the Strong Nuclear Force. These stars change hydrogen into helium by changing their nuclear structure. And when these stars die and other stars made of helium form, they form heavier elements until it reaches iron (which doesn't require extra energy to do, lighter elements want to form heavier elements).

The heavier elements after that need energy to fuse together, you can't just convince them to do it on their own. The more massive stars happen to be quite good at that, as they can implode and explode. These form the elements on the periodic table.

If you have a bunch of this material around in space, they'd attract eachother and form planets. The Earth is one of them, with lots of elements that react with eachother to form stable compounds.

The precise way life itself emerged out of that, we're not really sure. But we know that all it would take is one molecule that can self-replicate and carry information, and use up the available energy outside to form life.

At that point, it becomes a matter of fulfilling whatever evolutionary roles are available (like taking up whatever job needs doing) because these creatures would be able to live when they do, and die out if they don't. Mammals at some point became a dominant species, and intelligence was clearly a trait that has advantages.

With agriculture, we eventually settled down and developed the highly complex societies we have today. So what does that mean in terms of life's purpose? I suppose to continue the legacy and make society better, but it can be more or less self-defined.

The most unique thing in the entire Universe that we know of, capable of complex experiences, is us. In that sense, we should live to maximise happiness and reduce suffering, live to experience what the world has to offer, and to better the world in what little way we can.

I assume you know at least a little about what a chemical is, and at least a little about nuclear structure.

If we have a huge cloud of hydrogen gas in space, and it was spread out perfectly evenly, then galaxies won't form because the forces would be perfectly canceled in every direction. The Universe was not spread out perfectly evenly, so the slightly more dense regions started attracting the less dense regions.

After a while, millions of years later, it can get dense enough and hot enough from all the moving about that the middle parts of these atoms called nuclei can smash together even though their charges are the same (think how hard it is to push two strong magnets together, same poles). A star is born.

These stars are factories that turn lighter elements into heavier elements, with a particular force called the Strong Nuclear Force. These stars change hydrogen into helium by changing their nuclear structure. And when these stars die and other stars made of helium form, they form heavier elements until it reaches iron (which doesn't require extra energy to do, lighter elements want to form heavier elements).

The heavier elements after that need energy to fuse together, you can't just convince them to do it on their own. The more massive stars happen to be quite good at that, as they can implode and explode. These form the elements on the periodic table.

If you have a bunch of this material around in space, they'd attract eachother and form planets. The Earth is one of them, with lots of elements that react with eachother to form stable compounds.

The precise way life itself emerged out of that, we're not really sure. But we know that all it would take is one molecule that can self-replicate and carry information, and use up the available energy outside to form life.

At that point, it becomes a matter of fulfilling whatever evolutionary roles are available (like taking up whatever job needs doing) because these creatures would be able to live when they do, and die out if they don't. Mammals at some point became a dominant species, and intelligence was clearly a trait that has advantages.

With agriculture, we eventually settled down and developed the highly complex societies we have today. So what does that mean in terms of life's purpose? I suppose to continue the legacy and make society better, but it can be more or less self-defined.

The most unique thing in the entire Universe that we know of, capable of complex experiences, is us. In that sense, we should live to maximise happiness and reduce suffering, live to experience what the world has to offer, and to better the world in what little way we can.

the veil of science, makes it so hard to see the REAL truth.
look science can do its utmost best to explain what happened in the early years of the creation of the universe, but it can NEVER explain why and how it was created, our knowledge is too limited to comprehend or even fathom the greatness of God. There is no physics principle, no mathematical equation, and no form of understanding that can adequately quantify God.
God bless you m8.

the veil of science, makes it so hard to see the REAL truth.
look science can do its utmost best to explain what happened in the early years of the creation of the universe, but it can NEVER explain why and how it was created, our knowledge is too limited to comprehend or even fathom the greatness of God. There is no physics principle, no mathematical equation, and no form of understanding that can adequately quantify God.
God bless you m8.

Both oxygen and wind can be physically and empirically detected, God cannot.

Lol You still haven't told me anything?

Life itself can't seem to be explained by many scientists,, it doesn't seem to have many legit answers.

Where do these forces come from to even be able to be strong enough to do what they are doing? From nowhere?

Where does this concept come from? that we as humans should aim to maximise happiness and reduce suffering?

Sounds something like the God i serve wants from us : ) but hey lovely speaking to you! xx

you don't need to physically detect something before you can know it exists.
can you see your brain? can you feel it?
its obvious your brain is there because of the tasks you can perform (your ability to think and perform, your ability to retain memory and regurgitate it when necessary)
God exists! even the scientists you put ALL your faith in can't answer everything. But God can, yes He can.
thats life my friend,
God bless.