Well honestly it isn't nonsense. In my head it makes perfect sense but I have a different way of understanding things. Its a method I use but it is unteachable. But anyway, I understand what you mean by scales but it isn't the best way of saying it. You can put anything on a scale and still have a load of stuff you haven't put on it. Where as if you dig a hole, the hole will be the same size as the pile. But put the pile back in the hole then it is just equal (yes it is still mass but that isn't the point).
It would also be an amazing achievement to disprove religion. So many people are just blind to how many wars it causes, but I think we are very close. Not to offend anyone but in my opinion, god is for people who can't make sense of the universe and what is around them. No not everyone but it is a pattern I have seen.