It's a question of faith

When it comes down to the question, "Where does the the world come from," there are a lot of possible answers. None of them are really any more valuable than the other. Honestly, nobody knows. My answers has always been, "does it matter?" Does it really matter where it all came from? I think it's more important to know where we are going. And although I recognize the value in understanding history in order to predict the future, I don't recognize the value in the popular religious answer.

"God created the universe." My problem with that argument is of course, "Well where did God come from?" To that, the only response is that God has always existed. Well how come it's so easily to believe in God existing just like that, and not the universe existing just like that? Why is it okay for God to have no explanation for His own existence, but not for the universe?

Religion answers the question about the existence of the universe, but what about God? I understand that God is supposed to transcend this universe, but if He exists, one must ponder about where He comes from.

Religious people have a problem with the Big Bang theory because they wonder about where the material of the Big Bang came from. They say it came from God or else the theory is wrong or the Earth is a few thousand years old. So my question to you is, if it's okay for God to exist without question, why isn't it okay for matter to exist without question?