Some Deep Shit

[KhaOZ]

Interesting Scorp, though I have no clue as to how to answer any of that. I always grew up agnostic and atheist, flipping back and forth from believing there might be a god, and there is no god. My wife lead me to religion, and I am now Catholic. Do I believe in everything the bible and it's followers say? Not even close, but what I do believe in, is that many goods, including happiness, derive from the sorts of communities and positive thinking that surrounds some religions. Only a fool would believe in "nothing", and it took me a good 23 years of my life to realize that. Something doesn't come from Nothing, as you have stated, therefore, "SOMETHING" started all of this. As to what that "SOMETHING" is, I doubt any of us will truly know within our life times.

What's odd though, is how true many predictions can be. Supposedly we live in the Millennium of non believers. There was some prediction thousands of years back, that said in this Millennium, religion would see a great decline. People would begin to lose faith in the masses, and believe in nothing. That scares me in a way, because when I believed in nothing, I also cared for near nothing. It may partially explain the mess our planet is in now, then it may not. Then again, perhaps all of that has something to do with why I gave religion a try? lol. I've always been one to go against the trend, and the common trend today, is that young people believe in nothing.

Quite a few times in my recent life, or perhaps longer but I blinded myself to it, God has done things that prove his existence to me. Things I prayed for, that had a 1 in a million shot, but came true, and have come true every time I truelly had an honest need. I wont go into more detail than that, because I can't say "WHAT" god is, or how to worship, if we even should worship, or if it's even a he, or any of that. All I know is, against all odds, when there was an extreme need, something happened to help me along. Something big enough, and enough times, that I couldn't simply write it off as chance anymore, no matter how hard headed and blind I try to be to such things. I'm a realist, a person who takes most things at face value, so it is extremely hard for me to admit what I just said, but God, my guardian Angel, or what ever it is, deserves my acknowledgment.

I honestly can't say WHAT anyone should believe in, except that, if something feels right, and makes you happy, go with it. Plenty of people before us lived out healthy, happy, and exciting lives, believing in things that science has proven wrong today. There is nothing wrong with that in my view. The rest of us could only wish to be so lucky.

Back to your question though. A take on it all would be, that we don't have the ability to comprehend how the universe came to be. We would first have to control the entire universe, and then spend long periods of time studying to find it's origins. I think the true answer to all of these questions is so complex, that man kind may not even be around to see it answered. Or perhaps we all live in a marble that some alien is playing with, like in Men In Black :)