What he’s asking is where did it all come from. If you say the entire universe came from one exploding mass the size of a baseball, where did that baseball-sized mass come from and why did it explode? What do you call that original cause?
On his show, Bill always drew criticism for calling his religion of Catholicism a philosophy. I think his view is more like Deism as was many of USA’s founders. God is how we refer to that original cause and now you’re on your own. Don’t ask that cause for help. You’ve been given something and the rest is up to you.
What’s silly is saying people who wonder that question are silly, yet countless philosophers far smarter than most have philosophized about it for thousands of years. You can say it doesn’t matter, that you’d rather not consider the question, and that’s fine. But some people are deeper thinkers.
If you have the answer, mankind will either be eternally grateful or all commit suicide.
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> Deism as was many of USA’s founders
Just a reminder: contrary to a popular opinion, Christianity did *not* originate in the United States of America. So let's not mix religions and politics, especially that the former has been distorted and commercialised to unbelievable extent by the latter, especially in the US.
Where on Earth do people think Christianity originated in the US?
The USA is an infant of a country.