Having just apparently allied myself with what I regard as the most shameful form of fundamentalist I need to publish a few disclaimers:

I do not believe in an all powerful creator who looks like me.
I think I adhere more to the Gaia notion, applied not just to the earth but to the entire universe. That is, that it is a living self-regulating entity.

I have no opinions on how it started, where it came from or why. I don't fully grasp the notion of eternity. It's too far out.