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It becomes hard to understand because everything we have ever known has had a beginning and an end (or will end). Having experienced that our entire lives it becomes hard to imagine something that always was, as opposed to something that just started. Lots of mystery still left out there, regardless of religion.
For atheists, what happened before the big bang? Logic would tell us that something can't come of nothing.
For Christians / other religions, if God created everything, who created God?
That entire concept from both ends is interesting.
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God always was. No one created him, he never even was created. He just is. I don't understand how that's possible either, but I also believe that humans cannot possibly understand many things. We don't know what it's like for anything to be perfect, to be forever, or anything like that.
"They just do" doesn't explain how magnets work. Humans studied it and found out for themselves how and why magnets do what they do. The same can't be said for the Big Bang. Fulgore is referring to questions that have yet to be answered, so no, that's not like asking how magnets work.
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I think his actual thought process was deeper than simply the magnet itself. Why do elements react the way they do? Why do they actually attrack or repel each other? If you break everything down to the smallest possible piece, there's an infinite amount of unknown questions that no one on Earth will ever know the answer to.
As for the existence of religion... I am a Christian, and I believe it's the only correct religion. Even if it's not, I use religion to try to better myself and to potentially serve others. It's a fascinating concept in itself that changes people's behaviors for the good of the world. The idea of religion at the very least is something great for everyone. It doesn't even matter if you believe it's real or not, it is real because we (humans) make it real, and allow it to change our lives to better ourselves and others. I honestly wish athesists would believe in a religion - any religion. It's pretty humbling to believe in someone infinitely more powerful than you. I personally think religion causes a great outlook on life, and it also helps tremendously at death to believe that you or someone else is not actually dying, but rather just leaving the human world and going to Heaven.