Imagine a room.  Imagine a bunch of imaginary friends.  Now, imagine that the room is filled with the bunch of imaginary friends.  And imagine that the bunch of imaginary friends move around in the room and bump into each other.  How profoundly and dramatically would it change everything we know about the universe if the bumping into each other caused the bunch of imaginary friends to somehow coalesce …  and turn into a real friend?

When it comes to the origin of the universe, the formation of our planet, and the existence of life as we know it, the overwhelming majority of people who have ever lived (and who are living now) have believed, and continue to believe, in something.

We’ve incorporated that term into our everyday communications and exchanges so ubiquitously that it has, astonishingly, lost its luster, its wonder, its indescribable awe. Step back for a moment and consider…