Let me put it this way. The Universe became self aware and that caused the big bang.
What do you claim "was" before the big bang? Nothing? Or did the universe have its being
before it was? Either way, your out of tune with most dedicated, secular scientists and philosophers on this planet. So strong is the evidence that the Universe had a beginning, and therefore a cause anterior and superior to itself, that atheist philosophers through the years
who have proposed that the universe came from nothing, or became "self aware", have stood corrected. When examined, the implications of the notion make it
far more difficult to understand our existence:
What an atheist or agnostic deems possible for the world to do - come into being without a cause - is something no judicious philosopher would grant that even God could do. It is as formally and rationally impossible for God to come into being without a cause as it is for the world to do so... For something to bring itself into being it must have the power of being within itself. It must at least have enough causal power to cause its own being. If it derives its being from some other source, then it clearly would not be either self-existent or self-created. It would be, plainly and simply, an effect. Of course, the problem is complicated by the other necessity we've labored so painstakingly to establish: It would have to have the causal power of being before it was. It would have to have the power of being before it had any being with which to exercise that power.
- Robert Sproul(1994, pp. 179-180).
The universe is
created, not the
creator. It didn't become "self-aware" and bring existence to be. It is clearly an unreasonable position because as you have read, it would have to have the casual power of being before it was, which defies all logic and reason on the most elementary scale.
Is the Universe aware of humans (Quarks on a proton called Earth)? No. It is aware of itself and possibly the galaxies that make up its body, like you are aware of the organs that make up your body. Other than that, the Universe (god) is not aware of your or my existence.
God is not a separate entity from the rest of creation. It is creation and we are but an insignificant part of it. That is why our ancestors created gods so they could feel significant. But the gods they created are far too human in nature and subject to all our weaknesses and psychoses. So, fire up a doobie and revel in your own insignificance because nothing has changed but now you are awake.
The reality you propose only equates to a world of purley biological matters. No right and wrong, no beauty and ugliness, no freedom, no love etc. An ideology of moral relativism which frees you from moral implications on yourself, while demanding others meet your definition of the moral standard. That's called hypocrisy.
Most people stop believing in fairy tales a long time ago, usually around their teen years. We are significant to our species and the planet, but their are no gods who think you are.
If you wish to make the assertion that "most people" stop believing in "fairy tales" early in life, then I'll make the assertion, to which you should agree, that "most people" convert on their deathbed. Because they feel
a prioi knowledge of God's existence inside them, and they hear the Holy Spirit's wooing. (Last call)
That is why I like native spirituality. It is Earth based and honours life on this planet they call Mother Earth. It is the only place that is significant to us and us to it.
You have found one of the many faces, and causes of unbelief that prideful people use to hide from, and separate themselves from God. Quit hiding behind false philosophies and establish yourself right with God.
REFERENCES
Sproul, R.C. (1994),
Not A Chance (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).
design things a lot better
