Is A Materialist View Less Parsimonious?

But no one except Creationists think, say or believe such nonsense.Have you ever seen the formula E=mc²?If it was written as m=E/c² what would it mean?Do you understand equivalency?

First Mike, there is no such thing as the materialist creation story of atheism.Second, there are almost no assumptions in the conventional theories of Old Earth or Evolution.No really need to stop posting supposed refutations of claims no one makes; it just makes you look silly.

No. What it means is that energy and matter are interchangeable and so matter can be created from energy or energy from matter.Further, additional evidence seems to indicate that both are just inherent parts of space/time.

I say the wag was being silly.I have no idea what "in the beginning" even means.

I have no idea, but also don't see how that is relevant to trying to figure out what "In the beginning" even means?Does it mean "In the beginning of this universe?" If so then the evidence shows that energy did exist at the beginning of this universe and that matter is one of the consequences of that fact.If "In the beginning" means what was there before that energy then the answer is "I don't yet know."Saying "God was before the energy" means nothing, explains nothing and answers no questions.