Where Did All Of This Stuff Come From?
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Ok, I know that this is THE question. The one that has been pondered since the dawn of human intelligence. When we look around us we see everything that makes up this world, this little rock we crawl about on while it spins around and flies through the universe. I am not presenting this question as a religion vs science debate forum, but rather as a chance to knock around some ideas about how this all came to be. If your belief is creation, fine. If your belief is something other than creation, fine. But be sure to ponder all of the points as I don't feel either of them can really answer the questions.
Our little rock is made up of a myriad of materials in innumerable combinations and some of these happen to be alive. It is surrounded by countless other rocks, gases, particles, energies, and who knows what else, all flying around in the great void.
But where di all of this stuff actually come from? Religion tries to answer that question with some entity outside of our universe that created everything. Science has tried to answer the question but as of yet still really doesn't have a clue.
Religion says that someone/something created all of this universe from nothing. Ok, we know, or at least believe, that something can not be created from nothing. There have to be some raw materials to work with. As far as we understand the way things work, you simply can't get something from nothing. So, if a creator brought all of this into being, exactly what did this creator create all of this from? And how?
If there were raw materials to be used, perhaps from outside of our universe, that automatically leads to the question of where did these raw materials come from and how did they come into being? And where did this creator come from? How did he/she/it/something-else come into being? Remember, you can't get something from nothing as far as we understand things. If everything has to have a beginning, so did this creator and the materials used.
One of the most popular theories of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang theory. Ok, there was an unimaginably huge explosion that created what we understand to be our universe. This leads us to the question of what exactly was it that exploded and where did it come from? Science has been studying this question for as long as science has existed and many theories have come and gone, but with all of our knowledge and technology (the greatest Man has ever achieved) science still can not answer this ultimate question.
Perhaps it was a leak from some place outside of our universe that exploded into what we now have. Ok, where did that place come from? How did it come into being?
It's THE unanswerable question. But a fascinating one to consider. I've literally spent years considering it and have to admit that one can easily start running in logical circles when you really get in to it.
Our little rock is made up of a myriad of materials in innumerable combinations and some of these happen to be alive. It is surrounded by countless other rocks, gases, particles, energies, and who knows what else, all flying around in the great void.
But where di all of this stuff actually come from? Religion tries to answer that question with some entity outside of our universe that created everything. Science has tried to answer the question but as of yet still really doesn't have a clue.
Religion says that someone/something created all of this universe from nothing. Ok, we know, or at least believe, that something can not be created from nothing. There have to be some raw materials to work with. As far as we understand the way things work, you simply can't get something from nothing. So, if a creator brought all of this into being, exactly what did this creator create all of this from? And how?
If there were raw materials to be used, perhaps from outside of our universe, that automatically leads to the question of where did these raw materials come from and how did they come into being? And where did this creator come from? How did he/she/it/something-else come into being? Remember, you can't get something from nothing as far as we understand things. If everything has to have a beginning, so did this creator and the materials used.
One of the most popular theories of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang theory. Ok, there was an unimaginably huge explosion that created what we understand to be our universe. This leads us to the question of what exactly was it that exploded and where did it come from? Science has been studying this question for as long as science has existed and many theories have come and gone, but with all of our knowledge and technology (the greatest Man has ever achieved) science still can not answer this ultimate question.
Perhaps it was a leak from some place outside of our universe that exploded into what we now have. Ok, where did that place come from? How did it come into being?
It's THE unanswerable question. But a fascinating one to consider. I've literally spent years considering it and have to admit that one can easily start running in logical circles when you really get in to it.
