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However in this case, both science AND religion fail big time. For something to exist then it must be created, but what created that which created it, and then what created that before that? Neither will ever answer this one epic question, and some who have pondered it too much have gone insane for obvious reasons. What created the creator?
That's why Buddhist philosophy transcends creation myths. The world appears solid and unchanging, but when examined closely it is neither.
Matter is merely atoms with alot of empty space in continuous motion. Even atoms when examined have no solidity or permanence.
The world appears to us through our five senses, and it is compelling. But the dream world appears to us in exactly the same way, and when we wake up, it vanishes.
Similarly, when we go to sleep, the 'waking world' vanishes, and we move in a dream world, with seemingly real experiences.
When we die, its just like waking up from one dream into the next.
Everything is in a continual dance of moving in and out of existence.