Originally Posted by Lateralus

I too believe that life is a highly probable event and that its evolution was a matter of cause and consequence. But, even before life developed here, where did the universe come from? If you believe in the Big Big Theory, that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition at some finite time in the past, then where did that come from? Don't think I disagree with you, because I don't, but thinking about how and why the universe came about just really trips me out.