The idea of God always existing

[Phil]

And I don't understand how the idea that matter has always existed is such a hard thing to wrap ones head around. Surely that's easier to accept that accept that than to accept that "nothing" once existed. Existence being a characteristic that would immediately define it as not nothing.

Want a fun thought? Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1095 years there will be no matter in the universe. There will be no light. There will be nothing except quantum fields. Pretty much the "nothing" people claim was before the big bang.