I am not a scientist. But, from intro Astronomy class I took last year, I read about Big Bang, not God pointing his finger and *poof* the universe came into being.
"Is all of the universe as science knows it just a random happening from nothingness?"
If I were a practicing Hindu, I would believe that universe came from nothingness (ala Rig Veda 10:191).
Scientists, on the other hand, believe in a burst of energy from the point of Singularity. They say they have evidence of expanding universe from the images taken by space telescopes. I would rather believe in learned scientists rather than 4,000 year old religious manual, or 2,000 year old religious scripture for that matter.
You mean using THIS formula??
E=Mc2?
Re-arranging we get...
M=E/c2
NOW the question is: From Where did the ENERGY come?
That doesn't answer the question of what made the elements to go bang in the first place. But I suppose there will always be things science can't explain. So God still makes the most sense to me.