Where were you before you were born?

[Iceberg Slim]

pulled this off another website and thought it interesting purely because I never spent any time considering it:

Have you ever given any thought to this question?

And I believe it is a good question--because neither theists, nor atheists ever seem to address it.

But stop and think for a moment about from whence you came...

Imagine the cute puppy, or kitten, or baby, and the curious compulsion you have to observe

and be amused by their innocent struggle to come to grips with their surroundings.

Now step back and clear your head...

Doesn't it seem that the cute entity that you are watching is testing out his new digs?

And isn't that what you find to be the most compelling reason to observe? To watch while another life

force is struggling (like you) to understand the parameters of his or her confinement--to watch while they struggle to come to grips with the tiny body they have found themselves in; their surroundings in

this strange environment of air and water and soil....and their limited sense of reality, provided by

their meager sense of touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.....?

So what do you think of this life you have acquired...?

And to hell (or heaven) with where you go when you die....Where did you come from?

Were you something before?

Or did you, and your consciousness simply coalesce at this particular time, in this particular place, on

this particular little blue ball...in the middle of nowhere?

[Mrs Pantherfan]

tl:dr

I was a cat :)

[jasonluckydog]

I hung out in my dad's ball sack for around 25 years before I got here.

[Darth Biscuit]

I was a bra in my previous life.

[Guest Irv]

A pissed off sperm sloshing around in my dads nuts hoping not to wake up on his knuckles.

[Kettle]

I was a part of the force.

[jasonluckydog]

[Floppin]

I know one ga'damn thing, I sure didn't come from no monkeys!!

[Guest Irv]

I know one ga'damn thing, I sure didn't come from no monkeys!!

[PhillyB]

theists and atheists definitely both address this, so that initial premise is kinda shot

[Epistaxis]

perhaps not directly anyway.

[mmmbeans]

i don't think "I" was anywhere... My particles have been floating around for several billion years... but me?

I just got here and I won't be staying too long.

these things aren't really addressed because the conscious can't really comprehend a lack of consciousness.

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

Star (foo king) dust

[Iceberg Slim]

theists and atheists definitely both address this, so that initial premise is kinda shot

How so, I am curious what your take is.