David: Did anything start the contingent series of events that led to this universe? > > Romansh:I don't know.-Fair enough. > >Romansh: Do you have a reason to assume that "nothing" is the default state for this or any other universe?-No, there has always been something. True nothingness not produce something. > > Romansh: Having said that ... I don't believe that humans are responsible for first causes.-Humans are first causes of processes they create. Cause and effect exists.