Before anyone comes for me, I grew up southern baptist – went to a private christian school & was homeschooled for a few years. The extent of my “science” education when it came to evolution & the origin of the universe was “if we came from monkeys why do monkeys still exist?” and “look at this galaxy that’s shaped like a cross, isn’t god amazing!!” I’m an atheist now and would like to have some sort of understanding of how our world came to be, but trying to figure it out as an adult with no real foundation has been incredibly difficult, and none of it’s making sense. I also know I’m asking a lot as all 3 of those subjects are pretty extensive, so if you know any good videos or books I’d love some recommendations!
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I’m sure you’ll get a better answer but since it’s ELI5, I think it’s important to take a second and really accept the knowledge that we humans don’t know everything. In the education you got in childhood God had all the answers and everything was made by a creator with and for a purpose. Really though there are things we might never know with as much certainty as the education you were raised with. That can be a really tough concept after leaving religion- that the world isn’t just black and white and there might not be a Right Answer to every question.
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