I am an atheist. My perception of reality may not be anything like yours, but hear me out. I have known many theists that have expressed to me that they believe in their god because it "makes sense where nothing else does." I will offer "sense" to anyone who says such a thing. This thread is intended as help for those people balancing beliefs, not as an assault on "God."
So lets just talk about things that make sense. The universe is the largest known "thing." Undeniably the greatest thing known by humans. As we humans are made of the same dust that makes up the universe, we are part of it. We are, therefore, the greatest thing we know of. Without our brains in existence, the universe ( at least at this address in space ) would not "know" itself. This understanding gives us a sense of profound importance and encourages us to expand and be bountiful without ever mentioning the "G" word.
So you say "what then caused the universe?" Well, you cannot have only "nothing." Also, you cannot have only "something." Therefore, you can deduce that to have nothing you must also have something. Without "something", the term "nothing" makes no sense and vice versa. So there has always been a combo of both stuff and no stuff. We can see this as the vast majority of the universe contains nothing(empty space).
So imagine all the black holes in the universe over the course of time swallow all their neighbors, then each other one by one until you have one black hole containing the entire universe minus one spec of dust. This black hole is unstable and near its threshold of being to weak(even gravitationally) to hold together matter of this magnitude. So suddenly, boom, Big Bang. The process then begins all over again.
Again, this theory is to help you people realize that there are ways to explain the universe at large without ever needing "divine guidance." You are a human brain, equal in importance to the cosmos itself. Do not delude and humble yourself with iron-age fairy tales.
So lets just talk about things that make sense. The universe is the largest known "thing." Undeniably the greatest thing known by humans. As we humans are made of the same dust that makes up the universe, we are part of it. We are, therefore, the greatest thing we know of. Without our brains in existence, the universe ( at least at this address in space ) would not "know" itself. This understanding gives us a sense of profound importance and encourages us to expand and be bountiful without ever mentioning the "G" word.
So you say "what then caused the universe?" Well, you cannot have only "nothing." Also, you cannot have only "something." Therefore, you can deduce that to have nothing you must also have something. Without "something", the term "nothing" makes no sense and vice versa. So there has always been a combo of both stuff and no stuff. We can see this as the vast majority of the universe contains nothing(empty space).
So imagine all the black holes in the universe over the course of time swallow all their neighbors, then each other one by one until you have one black hole containing the entire universe minus one spec of dust. This black hole is unstable and near its threshold of being to weak(even gravitationally) to hold together matter of this magnitude. So suddenly, boom, Big Bang. The process then begins all over again.
Again, this theory is to help you people realize that there are ways to explain the universe at large without ever needing "divine guidance." You are a human brain, equal in importance to the cosmos itself. Do not delude and humble yourself with iron-age fairy tales.
