The observable universe (the part we can see) is about 93 billion light years in diameter. A light year is about 5.88 trillion miles, so multiply that by 93 billion and you've got... a lot of miles. It's very big. It also contains about 100 billion galaxies, including the one...

... that is home to our solar system, the Milky Way. Earth is an insignificant speck within the Milky Way, so this gives you some sense of scale.

All of this, very possibly came out of nothing. That's right, something, quite a lot of something, came out of absolutely nothing.

... Ponder on that for a moment. Something.... out of nothing.

If I received a cold call from a stranger, offering me something for nothing, I'd think that's improbable and hang up, but the universe is on it's very own level of improbability. Clearly it exists because we...

... are here, right now, pondering on the improbability of us being here, pondering. No matter how much I ponder on this, it still seems improbable, but here we are, despite the improbability.

Over the years, I've been a bit detached from religion, because a lot of it seemed...

... improbable. This Easter weekend is of course, not really about chocolate eggs, but rather the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Resurrection, or any idea of an afterlife, is an example of something I have found difficult to comprehend. I thought that such things went...

... against science and that we are born, live, die.... and that's it. Nothing else. Seems pretty obvious. Right? Anything else is improbable or maybe just impossible.

But then I started thinking about the universe, that obviously exists but came out of nothing.

Turns...

... out that absolute certainty in science having all the answers may lead to disappointment, and dismissing religious beliefs because they sound improbable, may be a bit hasty.