"Trevor Wilson" wrote ...

**There is no such thing as nothingness. In our universe, there is always
something, somewhere. It may be matter, or energy.

**The universe always was. Before the Big Bang, the universe was smaller
and very different to what is here now.

ok. gotcha. something exploded becoming our universe as we know it.
this universe has a set of physical attributes. The thing that exploded
probably had a different set. One attribute was spontaneous banging.
cool.