If something always existed then we can just say that the potentials for a Big Bang (whatever those are) always existed. A “god” is not a required step.
“If something always existed then we can just say that the potentials for a Big Bang (whatever those are) always existed. A “god” is not a required step.”
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Yes. Certainly we could just say that. Further, we could just say that the “potentials”, for the formation of everything that exists, always existed.
Or, more precisely, that the “potentials” at least preceded the formation.