[quote]Either matter and energy are eternal or there is an eternal God.[/quote] Depending on how "God" is defined, there is [u]zero[/u] reason to believe that it is a viable option. [quote]That can go either way. But, life never has and never will arise from non life. [/quote] But yet God is alive right...? Either way that is a bald assertion, which you make for no reason other than ignorance. [quote]Therefore, it's more plausible that there is an eternal living entity that created everything. [/quote] And here is your specially pleading, after stating life cannot arise from non life...How is that not a contradiction? [b][u]In any case what did God create life out of, if not non life?..[/u][/b] [quote]Whether or not he used a mechanism like evolution is unknown, but naturalism has no basis in reality.[/quote] I don't particularly follow naturalism as well. It holds the mindset you have. You both assert one or the other. X is 100% true, Y is 100% false, with little understanding or none at all. All it does is make people biased and cause tunnel vision towards what they want to be true. Rather than what is actually true. Which is better gleamed by evidence, rather than assertions of what is possible because they haven't seen it happen. Just my 2 cents :/