Why are we here? This is a question I often ponder upon. What is the significance of our pale blue dot, spinning in space, seemingly on our own. It is practically inconceivable that we are just freaks of nature and I suspect this is where the concept of Creation comes from.
If you are a Big Bang Theory supporter (and I'm not talking about the television show) then you must believe that in that moment when nothing became everything, somewhere in that macroscopic mayhem existed an atom of organic matter. Perhaps it was just the one, perhaps it was many, but there must have been at least one.
Everything that we know and will ever know was created in that one moment. And from that one atom (or group of atoms), all of humanity was conceived, together with the plant and animal kingdoms. It was all thrown into space at colossal velocity and 13.82 billion years later we find ourselves here.
Quite possibly, those atoms of organic matter were hurled in many different directions. Maybe, in other corners of the Universe, the correct conditions also exist for life. It may not quite be in the same form as us, but it may exist. Is it perhaps a little arrogant to believe that we are the only ones? I'm not sure.
I think the human mind is not developed enough to really consider the vastness of the question 'Why are we here'. We must just accept that we are and push our understanding as science and intellect evolves. Maybe some day we will understand the question better, but we may never have the full answer.
Unless of course you believe in Creation. Then all things fall neatly into place. We were made in God's likeness and he designed this garden amongst the depths of space for us to dwell in. That is a little easier to contend with. We don't have to wrap our small brains around time and space and distances beyond compare. We can attribute all that we are and all that we see to a higher being. Structured religion also provides many answers to the fundamental question I posed at the outset. It is hard to say whether any of those answers is truly satisfactory, but I am not qualified to really comment on this in any depth.
Whatever the truth, it is startlingly clever. What has been created is truly beautiful. I hope to share my view of some of that beauty with you.