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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, so I consider myself an intelligent human and a very liberal one at that.  I was raised Catholic, but never agreed with the archaic ways of the church.  I have not gone to mass since I was out of high school except to baptize my children because my parents and in-laws would have suffered nervous breakdowns had I not done so.  My children will not go to mass or do their first communions because my views differ so much from the Catholic church.  BUT, I am a spiritual person, and I do believe in a higher being.  [b]The reason I have to believe is because my mind cannot understand the concept that something comes out of nothing. So for the universe and life to exist, there must have been something always there to kick the processes into motion.[/b]  I hope I'm explaining myself so it's clear.  This question is just out of curiosity, I have zero judgment for hardcore churchgoers or for Atheists.  I'm just curious how Atheists rationalize existance of a planet, an asteroid or a life form without the existence of something prior.  Thank you![/quote]

There are theories and hypothesis around the origin of our universe, we don't know which one is true, which one is close to the truth, or if none are true at all. [b]Atheists are okay with not knowing[/b]. Just because we don't know with a reasonable degree of certainty the answer to something, doesn't mean we have to then assume that there is a supernatural explanation.

As for something out of nothing, the current scientific understanding is that the universe did indeed come from nothing. In quantum physics, something comes from nothing all the time. On a macro scale, the net energy of the universe has been calculated to be 0. Think about this result - the natural human assumption is that the universe with all the matter it contains, has a net positive energy. Yet observations, experiments, and calculations have shown this to be false. [b]The net energy of the universe is 0[/b]. [b]This makes it entirely possible, that the universe came from nothing[/b], and we are so far only observing the observable part. None of this is proof positive that the universe came from nothing, but it is still far far more than evidence in support of a supernatural creator. [/quote]

Hi, this is OP.  Thank you, you made me wish I had had more interest in physics.  I sound like a need to read a few books on the subject.[/quote]

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