"Scientific inquiry begins with a desire to know something... that is philosophy."

Just 'a desire to know something' will suffice. Adding the word 'philosophy' is redundant. Philosophy as any kind of discipline has simply been superceded.

"Big Bang theory was a philosophical suggestion"

Wikipedia:

'The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the universe that is best supported by all lines of scientific evidence and observation.'

This model came about because the scientific evidence points to it.

"The only answers we can get from anything are the answers we are already looking for"

Not at all. The scientific process leads to all sorts of unexpected discoveries all the time e.g. Viagra.

"Logically.."

Just as Chemistry replaced Alchemy Science replaces Philosophy. You cannot find the nonsense words you listed in science because they have been exposed as vacuous. Things move on. Philosophy is history, literally.

"Love in every single one of its beautiful incarnations."

Oh? What if someone loves to his or her genitals to crowds? Is that beautiful? Is that god?

It's certainly not funny. Having said that, for a long time I've snickered at the 'to nail' dichotomic Americanism creeping into British political/media usage. An aside: it stands as a counterpoint to 'step up to the base' which I find singularly insulting when belched by British politicians - it serves as a reminder of just how 'me too' the UK has become.

Amen, brother.

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1. There are thousands of similar religions which are now dead.

2. Current bibles differ greatly with the oldest known bible (Codex Sinaiticus).

3. The illogic of the trinity.

4. The contention that god loves us when there is suffering in the world.

5. The contention of human free will in the face of an omniscient, omnipotent god.

"At that point all you have is a single cell, similar to the ones that are everywhere on your body, thousands of which die every day."

No, there is a severely big difference - the cell is fertilised with someone elses DNA and can become a functioning, multicelluar organism.

"At that point, the cell can't see, can't hear, can't even think. There is no consciousness, no feeling. The only thing it can do is multiply and eventually the cells that multiply specialize."

The fertilised egg divides and specialises until it becomes a functioning, multicelluar organism. A skin cell cannot do this.

"To say life starts at conception is a fairly simplistic view."

So? Why not say life starts at conception? Seems a fairly logical place to define it. Life begins when two organisms' DNA combines and leads to cell division - how about that? No room for fuzzy wiggling there.

"There is no specific moment where something not alive becomes alive."

Is that not a separate argument?

Above tidal forces and solar power in my opinion it's hydrogen - it's just a question of supply. Water dominates the surface of the planet so it would make sense to start with the cracking of H2O to produce the hydrogen we need. The primary question is: how much energy is required to seaprate hydrogen out of water?