Some random thoughts

Some life FAQs and my answers:

1- Is there a God?

Up to you. There is no way you can prove either way so it really is waste of time to talk about it.

2- Why are we here?

No one knows. The only thing we do know is that we started of from some cells in some ocean. The cell's objective (and what we call life) was to survive and to reproduce. It seems like life's objective is to control as much energy and matter as possible. But again is up to you.

3- What is consciousness?

And yet again, no one knows. Personally I like a lot Hofstadter ideas as written in his book The Eternal Golden Braid. Mixing self representation with swarm intelligence lets you take a peek into the great mystery that consciousness represents. However I think it goes much deeper than that.
I think that in order for a system to be conscious, the first step is for the system to be able to simulate its environment. Once it can simulate it, then it can represent itself in this new environment.
But that's just the first step. I think life in embedded in the world of ideas, with each idea being in its own turn another living system, fighting for its survival in the brain.  Remember how life struggles to reproduce and control? I think that from the moment humans were able to talk to each other, ideas have been leaping from human to human in there attempt to reproduce and survive. Ideas which behave as if they were alive, trying to control as much space as they can. And so what if consciousness arises from such a setting? What if consciousness is just life occupying the space created by our minds trying to simulate the world?
Conjunctures only, but fun to think about!  By the way, would be a good idea to have an AI system based off of how ideas fight each other to gain "brain time". Maybe it could solve some optimization problems?