Fallen, I am going to direct you to a book that I am currently reading that addresses these very issues. It is by Laurence Krauss and it is called A Universe From Nothing: Why there is something rather than nothing.
A Universe From Nothing
Check it out. I think it will be very enlightening for you.
A Universe From Nothing
Check it out. I think it will be very enlightening for you.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein