[Davidya]

Pianoperformer - you criticize someone for the misuse of science when you don't know the basics. Certainly there is new age abuse of science. But where do you think the A bomb arose? Converting matter into energy.

E=mc2 Energy is matter in motion. They are essentially interchangeable. Matter rises from energy. Matter has energy and can be turned back into energy. We could say matter and energy are different values of the same thing.

You can see the world as matter with energy as the ability to do work, influence matter. Or you can see the world as energy, with portions in states of matter. Just consider how a particle can be seen as a particle (matter) or a wave form (energy). Science studies the world from various perspectives all the time.

But energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy can be controlled and directed. Working with energy is much more powerful and effective than working with matter.

The Big Bang was energy, from which matter was formed. Stars are energy furnaces that form the elements. Energy forms matter.

As for what caused the Big bang, what happens after death, is there a Creator - these are not questions science can answer as they are beyond the field of energy and matter. To answer those questions, you have to study the container of energy and matter. Ask people who study that level of existence. And there are answers, beyond philosophic opinions. But they require their own type of science and research, beyond mind.