Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
So it is not right to say that there is "absolutely no explanation as to how this infinitely dense blob of matter just happened to appear in the middle of a great void of time and space." It arose as a vacuum fluctuation.
I apologize, I should have said "there's no empirical data that proves how this infinitely dense blob of matter happened to appear in the midst of a great void of time and space".

I know there are many hypothetical situations, and some of them can be defined very well by quantum physics, astronomical physics, etc., but for many people, my hypothetical scenario for the origin of the universe works just as well. My scenario being: "A Creator spoke it into existence." Maybe I'm just simple minded (I'm definitely no quantum physicist! ), but this scenario makes the most sense to me.

I have a hard time trusting science on some of these issues, because most of the time, science simply makes educated guesses based on other educated guesses. And that which cannot be observed and replicated isn't science. In this case, it's speculation on an infinitely grand scale.

Thank you, though, for your feedback. It's always interesting for me to read what others think about the matter. It certainly is a broad, but monumental, topic.