Point of inquiry regarding:

"Physicists accept that matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed"

Physicists or any human no matter their station in life are free to accept and reject whatever they choose. As such, the proper wording of this assertion is that physicists accept that physicists can neither create nor destroy matter and energy. It naturally follows they are free to create and accept fuzzy cover .......... , continuum for instance, for circumstances beyond their sphere of human understanding or ability to explain in terms that at least satisfies themselves.

Are physicists generally known to be ..... accepted as being atheist in the traditional sense or are they spread somewhat evenly across the spectrum of those with or without devout faith in the Almighty Creator who, by the way, is referred to by some people as The Master Physicist of the world? ...... I reserve the balance of my time, otherwise, end of inquiry.