Appreciated. It's this that makes me understand criticism towards the church. Many people in the church were also furious about it. But eventually, I rejoined. I decided for myselfs that my believes aren't necessarily tied to the church as institute. But I think the church can be very valuable to a lot of people. That's why I want to try and help the institute change for the better and be the best it can. Such change has to come from within and it requires every catholic to be active in trying to change things for the better.

I was referring to the originators of the religions. In present day it's more to do with genuine believe and monetary gain.

My view is based on an Ancient Greek idea:  there are a limited number of ways that mathematics can be formulated.  This has no requirement for a creator.  Physics is based on Mathematics.  Therefore the Universe exists because Mathematics predicts it.  The Universe is Mathematics observing itself.

there is no difference between Mathematics and reality.  Separating the two is saying “reality is special”, in the same way as we used to think that the Earth was special.

I can understand that belief when the Romans adopted it (Christianity), but the actual originators largely died for their beliefs (disciples, Paul, people thrown to the lions, etc.) What are your ideas for their creation? Popularity, perhaps? Fame?

But I've just made that up. 

This argument is meaningless because you can keep adding things and your own definitions and ideas because this isn't based on any evidence or observations. As someone said it's circular reasoning that can go on forever.

Why is A like this? 
Because of B.
Then why is B like this?
Because of A.

etc.

How did mathematics predict it? Infinite time and randomness?

Not atheist, and not trying to answer your question. Just bringing up more questions I never can understand in regards to science.

Always thought there was a rule in science that you can't create something from nothing. So how did the big bang? or was everything all compacted into one tiny ball and exploded? What was outside that ball before it exploded? Nothing? What is nothing? Another universe? Where did that initial ball of energy/matter/ect come from. How does everything in the universe, stars, planets, matter, ect all fit into a tiny spec/ball/whatever the big bang was before the bang.

The universe is supposedly infinite, yet expanding. How can something that is infinite be expanding. What is just past the part that is expanding? Again, another universe? Nothing? How can something just be infinite. How can something never end, but in the same sense, how can something end. What would be at the end of a universe if it could end.

These "big" questions that science is always answering always seem like they have contradictions in themselves, or more questions pop up than questions get answered.

Probably because we're not communicating clearly. I didn't state anything here that I didn't state earlier or that wasn't encompassed by the original theory. I merely stated a possible affect, I didn't add anything to the argument.

If they genuinely believed then they believed. To tell people to not eat certain foods, to not wear clothes of 2 different cloth, no seafood for fear of burning forever. I don't know how you would describe it but to me it seems like an obvious device to control the population and keep them in line.

The Big Bang theory doesn't state the universe exploded into existence from nothing or basically nothing. That really isn't close to the big bang theory at all.