Re: Does the thought of Hell ever scare an atheist?
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i think the fact that there's even something instead of nothing at all is mind-blowing.
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I agree, and I that question is (or should be?) equally troubling for theists and atheists alike. Science can come up with some great solutions for how things work starting at a fraction of a second after the Big Bang occurred. Asking for what caused the Big Bang is more troublesome. Theists can only slightly get around this question, because essentially the question is answered by stating that God created the universe and started the Big Bang (or whatever other Creation story). This of course leads to asking where God came from, a question usually answered with such statements as "He always has existed." I don't feel very comfortable with any of the choices, but I'm slightly more comfortable accepting that an omnipotent being could have always existed (being omnipotent and all).
Sometimes when pondering this question I feel like surely the universe must not exist...
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