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(Quote) Human civilization throughout its history has changed its views of the universe quite frequently. The idea of atoms goes back to Ancient Greece. The question you ask though is unknowable, as is everything else. We try to find ways to explain the phenomena that occur and cause everything around us, but in the end we can not "know" or "prove" anything without admitting ignorance. Humanity will always find ways to explain things, therefore I give you this philosophical answer rather than a…

If I may, religion was born because people needed a way to explain phenomena. Whenever in doubt it's some sort of supreme being that made it so. Science inadvertently came about when Greek philosophers tried to learn about reality - the light after death they said that eventually got some more bells and whistles attached and a few centuries later became known as heaven. I'm not trumpeting against faith here or looking for unfriendly debate, but none of you actually have the slightest clue and n…