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"Actually, Atheism only make the statement regarding evidence for a God, nothing more and nothing less."

Ok, so give me some evidence for the No God Hypothesis.

"different ideas regarding abiogenesis"

Technically, abiogenesis was refuted several hundred years ago by Christians.

"Although religious texts often state how the Universe came to be, Atheism makes no statement in this regard."

Not true. Consider these 3 options:

1. The universe is eternal.
2. The universe was created by some sort of Being which is spaceless, timeless, non-material, immensely powerful, has personal free will, and is self-existing.
3. The universe was self-creating.

Are there any other possibilities? Option 1 is not supported by the current level of science. Option 3 is self-refuting. You proposed an option that an abstract physical model could have created the universe, but we don't have anything to go on that would indicate that abstract objects can create or cause anything. It seems to me that the most reasonable place to be is in option 2, unless I am missing another option?

"Morals and thinking are two different subjects."

Objective moral values and duties do not exist on atheism. And your "pope" and "cardinals" agree with me here:

“In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication,some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, or any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference— DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is. And we dance to its music.” (Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life (1995))

“Let me summarize my views on what modern evolutionary biology tells us loud and clear — and these are basically Darwin’s views. There are no gods, no purposes, and no goal-directed forces of any kind. There is no life after death. When I die, I am absolutely certain that I am going to be dead. That’s the end of me. There is no ultimate foundation for ethics, no ultimate meaning in life, and no free will for humans, either.” A-theist William Provine

“The position of the modern evolutionist is that humans have an awareness of morality because such an awareness of biological worth. Morality is a biological adaptation no less than are hands and feet and teeth. Considered as a rationally justifiable set of claims about an objective something, ethics is illusory. I appreciate when someone says, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself,’ they think they are referring above and beyond themselves. Nevertheless, such reference is truly without foundation. Morality is just an aid to survival and reproduction, . . . and any deeper meaning is illusory.” (Michael Ruse, “Evolutionary Theory and Christian Ethics,” in The Darwinian Paradigm (London: Routledge, 1989), pp. 262-269).

"no purpose, no evil and no good," "no ultimate foundation for ethics, no ultimate meaning in life," "ethics is illusory"

There you have it - that is YOUR world. You don't get to borrow the existence of objective moral values and duties from the world of the theist - they do not exist to you - they are merely flavors of ice cream. When you make objective moral claims, you are actually acknowledging the existence of God - for which I thank you very much! :-)

"also is the hatred for God by Atheists"

Secular peer-reviewed proof that atheists hate a God they do not believe in:

http://winteryknight .com/2015/05/22/study-explores-whether-atheism-is-rooted-in-reason-or-emotion-3/#comments

Excerpt: "At first glance, this finding seemed to reflect an error. How could people be angry with God if they did not believe in God? Reanalyses of a second dataset revealed similar patterns: Those who endorsed their religious beliefs as “atheist/agnostic” or “none/unsure” reported more anger toward God than those who reported a religious affiliation."

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