DerFarm
...what makes you think that the
universe forming itself is more simple than the concept of all-
knowing higher power?
I wasn't talking about Creationism generally but more specifically the "Mature Universe" variant of the creationist theory. As I explained, the "mature universe" asserts that the universe was created by some "higher" power in such a way that it could have formed by itself. Thus, they are suggesting that we live in a universe that could have formed by itself, but wasn't.

There is an additional assertion (God) that adds nothing to the explanation and is itself unexplained.