I agree on the atheist front even though growing up I attended Roman Catholic Primary and Secondary schools. I have since formed my own opinions on religions. I also agree with Coldel and think that back in the day there is very high chance of these figures being real people - Jesus, etc. People with the ideas, beliefs and stories - and things went from there. Much like all of the old wifes tales and myths, they must have started with some amount of truth.
Space, general physics has always interested me even though I struggle to understand a lot of it. But the one piece that has always boggled my mind is what is beyond the universe? The big bang created the universe and everything within, from what people know this is already of monstrous size to house all of the galaxies and planets. Millions of light years in size and is now contracting back in.....but...what is filling the area that the universe used to use? I find it hard enough to comprehend the size of space, let alone what is past that