This topic, as well as others, always brings out the best in people! lol..
Of course the universe could have been an explosion of some sort having a "beginning" of some kind. I could never understand why some people can not blend religion and science. Why can't it simply be that science explains what is the observable outcome of a greater consciousness of sorts. I do believe in an intelligent designer. I see all sorts of engineering on this planet alone. Don't any of you?
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