"Jeffrey said...I tend to think there was never a time wh...

"Jeffrey said...I tend to think there was never a time when there was nothing, that our universe had a beginning in time, that the cause of that beginning is unknown and probably unknowable, but that there is no particular reason to believe it possessed intelligence and purpose (i.e., that it was God)."

If someone doesn't know what caused the universe, they are not an atheist. They may hold onto the label, but in truth they are "agnostic." Etymology: "Greek agnōstos unknown, unknowable, from ...