[Hank Kerchief]

Until someone can tell me how all of the universe can appear from nothing ...

Who said it did appear from nothing?>

Oh, that's right, it's those Biblical ceationists and their absurd doctrine of ex nihilo (out of nothing).

If you hadn't swallowed that nonsense you wouldn't have any problem. You weren't born believeing the world came out of nothing, someone had to teach you that. So, check your premises. Why does the world have to come out of nothing? You certainly don't believe there was ever nothing, do you?

(I hope this does not offend you. I don't mean it that way. I am curious about your reaction to this idea that most people just never consider. Of course, you may already have considered it and may have an interesting answer to it. To be fair, that last question is a trick.)

Hank

[PigRigger]

"Who said it did appear from nothing?"

No offense taken.

Doesn't science teach us that matter can neither be created nor destroyed, it just changes state. This theory dictates that matter has always existed; my question is where did it come from, what form was it before the universe came to be?

Human science can't answer these questions. The best we can say is that it was just there, because it is impossible to concieve of otherwise. Science is not always based on undeniable fact, they have faith in their beliefs. Sounds similar to religious faith in many ways doesn't it?

My theory, which can't be disproven by science, is (as preached in scripture) God is ifinite in time and knowledge. He was there in the beginning when the heavens were created, He will be there at the end when they are destroyed. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.

He has always been, thus there never was nothing.