[elstunar]

I don't know if this has been covered at all in this thread cuz i haven't read it all, it may be a bit OT. Anyways, I was just thinking the other day how do atheists account for the existence of the universe or existence of anything at all for that matter? To me, it seems as though the universe MUST have had a beginning at some point in time. And thus, "rewinding" time and simply going back further and further should lead one to a beginning point at which our universe with all the laws that embody it was created. Is there any other alternative to believe that the universe was NOT created? I don't really have a lot of knowledge on this subject, I was just wondering what the atheist rationale was concerning this. Just hoping maybe some of you could appease my curiosity. Thx.