Where do atheists believe the universe cam from?

Question

I am not a creationist but I do believe in a god/creator/source. I cannot get past the point of how enormous and wondrous the universe is and that it had to come from somewhere. Do atheists believe it is just as easy to say it came from no where/always existed than it is to say if had a creator?

What is the predominate belief of atheists when is come to the universe's origin?

This is beyond the "big bang". You could just as well say where did the big bang come from...

Answer 1

I have no idea where it came from - but I needn't insert [God did it] to feel good about things.

I do not believe in a Giant behind the scenes constructing the universe for kicks and giggles. That's so Wizard of Oz.

How absurd a thought. No creator. No mastermind. No Dr. No, no!

Atheists do not have a predominate belief, we have a predominate disbelief in YOUR belief - how difficult a concept is that to grasp?

Answer 2

It's a very common cognitive mistake to see something wonderful and enormous and think it must've come from somewhere... it's just how we tend to see intention and design in inanimate objects (which is why we often get angry at our computers if they crash). It was helpful to our survival but now it presents lots of problems and obstacles for many people to understand how the universe really works.

The real answer is that we don't know - nobody knows for certain. Where did the big bang come from? An alternate universe? Where did these layers of universes and indeed the multiverse itself come from? Why does matter exist at all? All we know is that matter and life must exist simply because we exist here and are able to talk about it.

However "We don't know" is the only honest and genuine answer, certainly moreso than the religious alternative. To simply shrug and say "god made it" answers absolutely nothing and is a wholly unsatisfying explanation. In fact I think Douglas Adam's famous satirical "42" as the answer for everything in the universe is a far more compelling and satisfying explanation than "god made it." =P

To go with another Douglas Adam-ism.... Isn't it enough to marvel at the beauty of the garden without having to believe there are fairies at the bottom?

Answer 3

1. it came from nowhere.

False claim that suggests something could come from nothing. Nothing comes from nothing. Nothing is nothing.

2. The universe always existed.

Untrue from human perspective, because that would require the negating of the necessity of past and future. If it always existed, then it would be fair to say that nobody ages.

If the universe always existed, then seeing it from a higher perspective (i.e. God's level) implies that the universe is a principle of reality, to which you can still say that reality is the primary. So basically you are saying that if the universe had no creator, then it is viable to agree that God, the principle of Reality, also had no creator, since it has always existed.

Another way to analyze it through logic is as follows:
If the universe is supreme, then if it had a creator or source, then that source would be more powerful than the universe. If the universe was created by another universe, then the argument could be extended infinitely until it was admitted that the origin of all life had to be supreme, preventing it from being created by any other source.

So short answer: God created himself.

Answer 4

Do atheists believe it is just as easy to say it came from no where/always existed than it is to say if had a creator?
--- No. It's much easier.

What is the predominate belief of atheists when is come to the universe's origin?
-- We don't know and we admit it.

Answer 5

This atheist doesn't really know. Actually, no one really knows, as we weren't there. Many cultures have invented their own creation stories, ranging from a god swallowing his children to a god that decides he's just going to slap things together within a week.

And scientists try to discern the universe's origins. A popular postulate is the Big Bang. A lot of it seems reasonable, but they don't know either. As I said, none of us were there.

But it doesn't matter, does it? Will you live your life differently if you believe that matter came from nothing? Will things be different for you if you believe that a unicorn blew its nose and made us? Probably not. Live life as best as we can.

Although, you do point that the universe is wondrous and had to come from somewhere. Undoubtedly, that creator is wondrous himself. So, did it have to come from somewhere, as well?

If people are willing to believe in a supreme being that came from nowhere (or was always here), then how much harder is it to believe that the universe came from nowhere (or was always here)?

Answer 6

What the atheists see when they look straight up is a billion or so stars in the sky, or suns in the sky above. Just think if only a few stars have planets like earth circling around it, just how many Jesus's are there up in the sky? Are all the Stars in the sky the brightest to someone? Are all the earths blue and white? Are all new born babys red, white and blue?
This is the problem with atheists, they just can't keep from asking questions, poor devils! They are going to surprised when they get to heaven, no toothbrush and such.

Answer 7

> I cannot get past the point of how enormous and wondrous the universe is and that it had to come from somewhere.

It is a good thing that religious believers can ignore logic at will. Why is it that the universe must have come from 'somewhere'? Where might this somewhere be, if not within the universe. For that matter, where might your god reside, if not within the universe? Never mind, any response that you give would be devoid of logic, so who cares.

Answer 8

the universe is right here because of the fact it continuously has been, and it continuously would be. it has replaced, and it will exchange back. while the universe exhausts all available gasoline, in basic terms elemental debris will proceed to be. the few atoms left, would be the dimensions of extensive galaxies. then despite tension extra those issues jointly final time, will do it back. a philospher as quickly as mentioned, "i think of, as a result i'm". does not that prepare to something that exists? and why do not creationists comprehend the thought of infinity? they'll agree that there is no end, yet won't agree that there has under no circumstances been a commencing up, while in certainty, it fairly is strictly what infinity potential.

Answer 9

being an atheist has nothing directly to do with beliefs of origin it just means they don't believe in god, period. for all I know the the universe may not even have a beginning after all it is a case unlike any other in our realm of existence so why do people assume is must have an origin? this is just as inane as assuming it was created by an entity that had no origin either doesn't anyone catch the irony of this kind of illogical assumption.

Answer 10

This universe started with the Big Bang. How it came to be, I don't know, but I don't think a sky daddy of any kind, much less the christian one (because he is so damn unlikely), created it.

Science offers no answers to what came before the big bang, as our laws of physics break down there. As far as I know, science isn't sure if 'before' makes sense in this context.