Originally Posted by
Ratdog 
I've always believed in some Higher Power that drives the universe. MythofSysiphus said something about the stars & planets running around obeying some "set of rules", but he (or she) doesn't offer any theory about where these "rules" may have originated.
I'm not referring to "rules" in the sense that a photon will get a speeding ticket if it exceeds the speed of light, handed out by some cosmic cop.
Rule is just an anthropomorphism that humans use to describe the fact that the physical universe seems to be bound by precepts that explain how it works. When you wind a watch are there "rules" that say it will run and tell time?
I think it's another flaw/peculiarity of the human mind to think that everything must "originate" in ways we can understand. It boggles our limited human minds to think something has no beginning, that's true (although somehow many religions give god/God a pass to do just that), but sometimes the only answer we can really offer is "I don't know."