Thanks for the reply Ringo, I like the questions posed...
I do have to ask a question though. What was before God? If the answer is, "There wasn't ever a without God." Then I have to ask, how do you know? If the answer was, "Nothing." Then that in itself supports the idea of "nothing, plus nothing equals something." But, like I said... this is not the theory of the non-theist scientist I have studied. In quantum physics, the theory is not that there was ever a point of nothing. In fact, the nothing that most people believe in, like the percieved empty space between objects in space... is acually filled with what has been coined Dark Matter. Dark Matter, as we have learned a bit about it, acts upon objects around it b/c it has weight. The 'nothing', has weight... which means there isn't any such thing, as nothing. Now, this brings us back to who or what created the 'nothing'? Who created the first particle? Who decided it would be so heavy, and so dense that it would implode in a massive burst of energy... alas, the universe. The universe is nothing more than energy, everything is energy. Anyway, I rambled... if the answer to who created something from the percieved 'nothing' is God, then that means that something can come from nothing... we just don't associate it as such b/c we have to put a face to it, God.
Then, we ask ourselves, "Why are we here?" or "Who created us?". I submit to you that, these questions are pointless to ask. IMO, it doesn't matter why we're here... we're here, so lets get on with it. Or, I could say, as you hinted to... we are here b/c of chance and necessity. This theory is just as logical as God, whether people choose to accept it or not. In this universe (there may very well be many), we exist through the necessity of chance. We're here b/c we have to be, otherwise we couldn't ask the question. Or, God got bored and decided to create stuff. I'm cool with both I suppose. Again, doesn't really matter. Here's an interesting thing to think about, if one believes in a personal God... then one has to believe in fate, b/c God is Omnipotent so he knows all and decides all. Free will is a falacy b/c he has already created the past, present and future. Your life is already decided for you, you make none of your own choices... no one anywhere is free. I reject fate, I do it b/c to place the reason for all the terrible things that happen thoughout history have been the work of God. Theist reject this too, with the theory of free will. When bad things happen, it's not God's fault... even though he has already decided everything for all time.
When we die, we're either buried or burned (among others). Our bodies are decomposed by other living beings eventually, whether it's in a few hundred years after we're buried and the casket loses its integrity or our ashes are poured into the ocean. All life forms become another, all energy is stored in different forms at different times. We are all apart of the same amount of energy, in the same moment. Remember, time is an illusion... man created the idea of time. Time is a singular moment, ever expanding with the universe. Seconds don't exist... there is only now. I'm okay with this, other's aren't.
Red pill, blue pill?