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I think the Universe is hard to understand because we live very short lives with a definite beginning and end. Every event around us has a beginning and end therefore we assume the Universe has a beginning and an end. From this many believe there must be a god for how could something be created from nothing?
Obviously the flaw here is that what created god? what was before god?
A more logical presumption is that the universe has always existed and simply goes through a cycle. The cycle being the expansion and then compression of the Universe. Right now we are experiencing the expansion stage of the cycle as the galaxies are getting further and further apart. I imagine they will slow down until they come to a stop and start to come together once again forming a highly dense center. After that another big bang would occur.
The hardest part is considering that the universe has always existed. It had no beginning, only a rebirth (the big bang) and in many trillions of years it may very well have another big bang. This not only removes the illogical assumption that everything was created by a being and also serves to explain why the universe is radiating outward from a central point (an action which suggests the beginning of the Universe).
If you are to believe in your own religion, whatever it may be, at least look back on history and ask yourself if you are repeating the mistakes of the past.
Remember the ancient Greeks? they believed in many, many gods. Almost a god for every possible part of daily life you can image. Poseidon of the sea, Athena of war, and Zeus, the king. Right now almost none would believe such a tale given what we now know and yet do we act much in the same way they did? The Greeks believed in it as much as many do today, they had books on it, schools devoted to it, they worshiped and practiced. And yet we still think their beliefs are wrong or misguided. A double standard?
I can understand why someone would want to believe in a god. Fear of death, fear of the unknown, fear of weakness. We want there to be some defining characteristic or rule on "good and evil". We want to believe in Justice and fairness. But ultimately we must accept that all of these things are merely creations of man to satiate itself and quell dissent. Civilization itself is built upon the principles ingrained in the religious texts.
As I said before; the stronger man is the one that can face the world without a god, than the one that lives their lives in fear of a god.
