harris,

i hear ya... everything in the universe is cause/effect though, right? so there has to be a primary cause to start everything into motion... correct? say the big bang was caused by gases... how did the gases get there? do you follow my thinking?

that thinking combined with the fact that all of this happening by chance seems harder to grasp then the thought of a higher power (whether of a spiritual dimension or of the one we are all in)...