[Lychee]

Yes it does. But I have no reason to believe the Big Bang was caused by an intelligence, especially since the only way I know for intelligence to come about is for it to evolve. I can't be certain that a God did *not* create the universe, but it's unlikely and incongruent with what I know.

You cannot physically see the laws which govern the universe. Does that mean that they don't exist? We cannot hear sounds which run above the wavelength human ears are attuned to, yet dogs can hear sounds above that pitch. Obviously, the human sense are limited. We cannot hear sound at a particular wavelength, but it does not mean that there is no sound being made. We cannot see this force, but it does not mean it is not there. For there to be an effect, there must be a cause. We are seeing the effect, not the cause.

Well, for example, if we found out that some holy document could not possibly have been written by a human, or that it made astoundingly accurate predictions of the future, that would be pretty strong evidence.

This document is right in front of us. What could have made the systems of the human, the earth, the universe, and beyond work so perfectly that there is no conflict?

None. But why shouldn't we, unless these undiscovered somethings don't interact at all with the world we can observe?

You believe that people or mathematicians should seek to discover the undiscovered math. Could it be that in your world you should also seek to discover the undiscovered Creator?

Every consequence of every action we take, and every moment we experience, is an "ultimate" result of our lives. I'm not sure what duality you're talking about...

I mean the duality of light and darkness. Good and evil. Love and apathy/hatred. What is even the point of these dichotomies if they serve no purpose?

Life isn't an equation. It's an inevitable result of the way the universe works. It's a fact, not a question.

The answer that life is just the way it is puts an end to any questioning. If that is so, then why not answer the same for math? Aside from math dealing with equations, you could say math is just the way it is. Why should someone discover more math, but not discover more to life?

Because otherwise there is an infinite regress. Chicken and eggs all the way back to negative infinity... there can't be a meaning to explain every meaning, or there would be ultimately no meaning to anything at all. At the bottom of the pyramid things just... are.

Someone can't assign meaning to something and no meaning to something else. Why would applying meaning to things at all result in there being ultimately no meaning?

They should be accepted just as the reality of age and death should be accepted; not because they're good, but because they're there are somebody has to something about them.

This is what removes the meaning from life. Not by trying to assign meaning to things, but by devaluing constructs and ideals. Why should people do something about them if they are to just be accepted for what they are, good or bad? Why should the questioning stop at just "just because"?