why there is something rather than nothing?

"why there is something rather than nothing?".
The question in itself doesn't argue for the existence of GOD (in the conventional usage of the word). GOD is eternal . But if something is eternal in both time and space it is not necessarily GOD. which can be shown by playing around with any other property of GOD.. Some material existing forever doesn't make it GOD... it is not what GOD is about. But if the universe is eternal it will be interesting in its own right and one can call it GOD if he/she wants, but it is not what the word GOD is about (after all GOD is a conscious being with Free will).
Finally the posing of the question "why there is something rather than nothing?" seems to suggest "nothing" is a more reasonable state of existence but we have no justification for that. If there were nothing one can argue the contrary. "Why there is nothing instead of many possible things" .