universe- why is it here?

Either the universe has existed eternally or something else that has existed eternally created the universe.The big bang, which has been proven, suggests that the universe had a beginning. If it had a beginning, it could not have existed eternally.There are numerous theories that seek to combine the big bang and an eternal universe, but none have been proven as of yet. So to the best of our current scientific knowldege, the universe began in the big bang. So the question is, who/what started the big bang? I believe that God did.Some people in this thread have misused the idea of cause and effect. The law of cause and effect states, "every effect must have a cause."
It does not say "everything must have a cause, just every effect must a have a cause.This answers the question, who created God? Since God is not an effect, he does not have to have a cause. He has always been.As for the vast size of the universe, it shows the power of God and also the importance that he places on people. He thinks people are so important that he created this huge universe just for us.

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If you say there are no absolutes, I ask you, are you absolutely sure about that?

Such as???? Just because there appears to be no cause doesn't mean there is no cause.Cause and effect is true by definitionIf something did not have a cause, then it is not an effect. Just sayin what the Bible says, Ifen
If we were created in the image of God, then one human is more important than the whole universe. Makes me feel special. "For the LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So your God will rejoice over you."

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Pray for mercy from... PUSS! In boots. (Don't forget the Spanish accent)

Examples of things that seem to happen for no reason at all, things acribed to "chance," are just where we do not have a full understanding of everything involved. Just as Aristotle (I think it was him) concluded that certain kinds of fishes came into existence by chance, because he did not know about the microcopic world, modern day scientists invoke "chance" when they don't have a full understanding of how nature works. An atom decays in a certain, predictable way, we are just not able to predict it yet.I don't see how something can "just decay." The laws of physics contradict this. An object at rest stays at rest, unless acted on by an outside force... there has to be something acting on the atom to make it start to decay. If the universe had a beginning, as the big bang suggests, then it is an effect, because something had to cause it to come into being.

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Pray for mercy from... PUSS! In boots. (Don't forget the French accent!)