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OR here. In my Agnostic Pandeistic Absurdist Taoist view of the universe:
We don't know. For all we know, this is the first time, or infinite.
Maybe for god it is as simple as going to bed each day? Or perhaps it was a great undertaking to become the universe? Maybe god made a sacrifice of some kind? Or perhaps god itself is suicidal and wanted to experience temporary non-existence by becoming the universe? It is inpossible to know.
My take on Pandeisim is not like a lot of other religious beliefs, there are many aspects we still don't understand.
Perhaps anon, all these questions you have will be answered once we die/become a part of god again. Or maybe not.
There is no certainty besides the fact that we cannot truly know these answers in our current existence.
My advice is to just go with it, Even if things don't make sense.
Things that are out of our control and there is no use worrying about the correct answers. The only thing we can do is guess and hope, which is what I am doing currently.