We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no end.

Money is not everything. There's Master card & Visa.

In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which the laws of science break down.

Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.

The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions.