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I used to be an atheist, but just recently I decided that there is probably a god(s). Let me explain and then I’d love to hear your input on the matter.

First, do you think that this universe is the only one in existence or are there others? If you think it is the only one then I ask you, why would it be the only universe? (analogous to "why would the life on Earth be the only life in existence in the vastness of the universe?"). I guess that what I’m saying is, wouldn’t it be kind of odd that our very limited universe is the only thing in existence? If our universe can exist (which obviously it can), then shouldn’t other universes be able to exist too just like life other than that on Earth probably exists elsewhere in the unvierse? I think so.

These other universes may be independent of ours, but believing that there are other universes leads me to believe that perhaps another universe created ours (this would be the same thing as if we invented a supercomputer with the capacity to create a world that could evolve beings capable of questioning their own existence/origin as we have). If this is so, then whoever or whatever created our universe in that other universe would be "god". I would guess that the "god" in the other universe simply defined the properties of our universe and then allowed it to proceed on its own (starting at the Big Bang (or some other beginning) through evolution by natural selection — simply changing through time due to the universe’s defined laws).

Personally, because I am a hard determinist (I believe in absolute fate and believe that we do not have free will) it seems to me that my aims in life ought not to be selfish, but ought to be to promote the objective of this universe. If some "god" in another universe created this one then why did he create this universe? By putting myself in "god’s" shoes I can guess that this "god" most likely wanted this universe to accomplish some great feat. I know that I have evolved by means of natural selection to want to live and do great things because only those who want to live and strive to be great do so and manage to live and reproduce, thus continuing the characteristics of wanting to exist. Nevertheless, I still think that seeing the universe as a whole as a creation with an objective of the accomplishing as much as possible then it allows us to put aside our individual emotions, desires, and selfish "wants" in order to help promote the overall prosperity of the universe. Looking at the universe like this also promotes pacifism, peace, and reduces stress and tension between individuals because it shows us that what matters is not what an individual accomplishes in his life time, but what the universe accomplishes. There is obviously a great deal of violence in the world, which I would say is largely due to lack of education and understanding of this universe. If everybody learned to see the physical universe as it truly is, perhaps we could avoid this and learn to work together.

Some of you who disagree with what I said above might ask, "If some god in another universe created this one, then who created that god’s universe?"

I answer that I believe that it makes much more sense that absolutely everything exists (everything in this universe as well as everything that we can imagine that’s not in this universe, as well as everything that we can’t imagine) rather than believing that only this universe exists. Perhaps there is an Everything World (EW) (as I’ll call it) that contains all other universes including our own. Perhaps in the EW created some worlds which in turn created more universes which in turn created more, etc, until our universe was created, then perhaps we will be able to one day create a universe that is complex enough to evolve conscious beings that can perceive their own existence and question whether or not there is a "god" in which case the answer would be yes, we would be the gods.

I’ll stop writing for now, but if you have any questions about what I have said, put them in your answers and I will try to reply by means of the "add details" feature so that you can check back and see what else I said below my question so that you can proceed to add to your answer. Thanks.
SHORTENED VERSION OF ABOVE:
-This universe is strangely limited, perhaps there are other universes
-Perhaps one of these other universes created our universe
-If so, whoever/whatever in that other universe created our universe would be "god"
-This would lead us to change our goals in life to suit the objective of this universe that the "god" had in mind when he created this universe

You are doing the same thing that all religious people do. You are imagining the god that suits your own thinking.
There is no empirical evidence that god or other universes exist.

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