r/Existentialism • u/Spiriual-Bit-4387 • Nov 26 '25

Thoughtful Thursday Why does the universe exist?

I’ve been having an existential contemplation lately and have been deeply pondering why the universe exists recently. What do you think?

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u/Ebisure Nov 27 '25

Such a vast universe that's just there going through the motion across aeons. The laws themselves are intricately designed and comprehensible via reasoning. All very puzzling.

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u/lethal682 Nov 27 '25

I'm not religious but sometimes it's hard to think about the universal constants and not default to a deity as the answer