What does "Eternal" mean? Is there anything or process which is "Eternal"? If not then how could anything come into existence without an external agency of some sort? If the stuff of the universe is eternal, without beginning or end, then the stuff should qualify as God. If the stuff of the universe was brought into existence by an external eternal agency then that agency should qualify as God. Classic 'chicken and egg' problem. If the stuff of the universe is eternal then it eventually creates a myth concerning a chicken. If the stuff of the universe is not eternal then we seem to be dealing with a pretty amazing chicken. A chicken like that ought to be able to bring me back from the dead, extend eternal life to me in a pretty snazzy environment, answer all my questions, give me a perfect understanding, and keep me from becoming bored forever and ever, Amen.

I entered some code in terminal to see if Linux could explain "creation" to me. Oddly enough it can and did. "dig +short txt creation.wp.dg.cx". Without the quotes. "Creation may refer to:\; In religion and philosophy: Creation ex nihilo, the concept that matter comes \"from nothing\", Creation myth, stories of the supernatural creation of the Earth, Genesis creation narrative, the biblical account of creation http://en./" "wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation"

Since we all seem to be guessing about how it all started I would like to put forth my $0.02 worth. Firstly, there was no "Bang", big or little, as there would be no medium for sound to travel through. No flash of light either. No explicit location or time. The stuff of creation was hydrogen because the heavier elements are created in the fusion of stars which comes much later. Hydrogen is about as close to "nothingness" as it gets on the periodic table. Hydrogen can be infinitely compressed. Hydrogen will infinitely expand uniformly in any container regardless of size. I think we are in an infinite hydrogen cycle where black holes reduce every atomic structure above hydrogen back down to the constituents of hydrogen which then is released back into space to form stars, which create heavier elements, which eventually get sucked back into black holes. All of this is driven by one law..."Nature abhors a vacuum".