I do believe that the Big Bang happened. Haven't astronomers discovered clouds of gas in deep space that were from around a few minutes after the whole shebang occurred?
God of the gaps is rampant here.
"We don't know what state the universe was in prior to the big bang and we don't know what caused it, therefore 'Gahd'".
Wat.
"Belief" is irrelevant. It's something that takes place within the head/brain/mind of the individual and doesn't affect the external world, only how the person perceives it.
Just because someone has a different belief than you, doesn't mean that they are stupid, it means that they are basing their conclusions on different data, a different worldview, and it doesn't match your "belief". Your belief is just that too, conclusions that you've made based on your evaluation of information, what you trust, what you interpret, and your worldview.
Neither your, nor their "belief" alters the thing or the event.
For example, for the longest time people "believed" that the Sun went around the Earth. They weren't stupid, it was what their observations told them, and it is what everyone else who shared their world-view also concluded. Their belief, even if it was 100% agreed to, didn't alter the Sun or the Earth as they went about their way, doing their own thing.
The attached video is great, I recommend watching the whole thing (the whole series if you're interested) but the point being made is made between the start and 1:20. It's just reinforced by the rest of the program and series.
So, when the question is, "How did the Universe originate?" many people will have "beliefs" not a single one of which alters the reality of the object/event. Anyone who says, "I know and I am completely certain that I am right" is just very firm in their personal belief. Their belief doesn't make it so, it makes them certain. The "best" answer to the question is "I'm not completely sure, I wasn't there. But my conclusions, based on the following information, is why I think that it happened this particular way".
Being certain is a matter of belief, and belief doesn't change the thing that you are talking about. "You SEE what your knowledge TELLS you that you are seeing."
[quote]I do, makes more sense than a magical man making everything.[/quote]
The Big Bang proves a Creator.
1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause.
The First Cause? God. Why? Because God exists outside time and space. In order for the universe to have been created from nothing (i.e. the Big Bang), the cause of the universe would need to exist outside of time and space. [i]Something[/i] caused the Big Bang.
I was watching some of the Science channel and they said that when something explodes on Earth the pieces will all scatter, but in space with something is broken into many pieces and if it comes near something with a high gravitational pull (or maybe it was low) the pieces or particles come together. They said this is how moons are formed. I don't know, don't ask me for details just go to the Science channel and watch.
This is a question none can answer or will all we can do is discover the truth of our limits and hope for a better future of understanding and tranquility.-TribleDuker Quote.
There are many problems with this theory. And the theory itself still does not answer many important questions - Such as where did all the matter in the universe come from?
If all the matter in the universe was compressed into a small dot, what caused this to happen? Where did gravity come from that held it together?
If this "dot" spun rapidly until it exploded., then where did the energy come from to start the spinning?
Also, in an environment without friction you would have this spinning dot going so fast it would then explode. If this happened, then all of the particles and matter being expelled from this "spinning dot" would all have to spin in the same direction as the dot they exploded from.
This is a known law of science, which those who believe in Evolution cannot do away with. It is known as the Conservation of angular momentum.
This matter which is said to have created the planets would all need to spin in the same direction as the object it came from.
So therefore, all of the planets should be spinning in the same direction.
However two of them are not. Venus and Uranus spin backwards.
Some planets even have moons that not only spin backwards, but travel backward around their planets.
The Big Bang theory also ignores the First law of Thermodynamics, which says:
"matter cannot be created or destroyed"
Those who believe in the Big Bang theory are also either unaware of, or ignore the "Second Law of Thermodynamics" which says:
"Everything tends towards disorder"
So rather than the chaos (big bang) becoming ordered (our universe), just the opposite would be true.. And it is. Our complex universe is wearing down, and becoming more chaotic...
Paul was aware of this when he wrote his letter to the Hebrews:
Everything ".. waxes old like a garment" (quoted in both Psalm 102:25-27, and also Hebrews 1:10-12).
"This verse "anticipates the famous second law of thermodynamics, or law of entropy, indicating that everything in the physical universe is growing old and wearing out. God created everything in the beginning, winding it up like a great clock, so to speak. Because of sin and the curse, however, it has been running down and "perishing" ever since. Jesus also said: "Heaven and earth shall pass away" (literally, "are passing away") (Matthew 24:35)" - Waxing Old, like a Garment by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
Things wear down. Nothing gets better by itself.
If I told you that thousands of pieces of timber were set in motion by a tornado in a lumberyard and this ultimately resulted in the amazing design and complexity of the house you live in, you would think this was absurd to say the very least.
Yet in essence this is what the Big Bang theory teaches.
Now I know that anyone with kids might say that a tornado ripped through their room - but the tornado did not create their room. It only created the mess that is throughout the room. Will the mess ever get cleaned up? Yes, but it will not cleaned up by itself.
Even if millions of years of tornados did somehow randomly land in a complex pattern thus assembling your room, this would still not explain where the trees came from that were made into the lumber.
It would not explain who planted, or cut the trees, or even how the trees grew.
The Big Bang theory also teaches that in another 80 to 100 billion years, all of the matter that makes up our Earth and solar system will become compressed again, drawing in on itself and fold up once again into a tiny dot.
A Big Bang is said to occur every 80 to 100 billion years.
If the Big Bang theory is true, then I sure hope Jesus comes back soon, otherwise we’re all going to get squished!
As absurd as the "Big Bang" theory is, it is widely accepted because the only other choice is a Divine Creator. And some people will believe the most ridiculous theory, rather than even entertaining the possibility that there could be a Creator.
As I see it, there are only 2 choices.
Either someone created the Earth,
or the Earth created itself..
(despite all the known Laws of Science saying it couldn't have happened this way).
The best evidence against the Big Bang is the existence of Polonium Halos.
American physicist Robert V. Gentry's research shows that rocks known as Precambrian granites were created almost instantly as a part of the creation (as recorded in Genesis 1:1) and "are not the product of the evolution of the earth."
He says "the Big Bang version of primordial polonium is without any scientific basis."
You see, such theories do not give an absolute answer of truth. They only serve to cause people to become distracted and lose sight of the larger picture of the Creator and who God is. Satan is a master of deception and distraction. He wants you to lose sight of Christ, and focus on impossible things.
I believe that two pandimensional giants made passionate love and thus fertilised an egg which is currently in the form of our universe.
I like to call the event the Big Bang.
Scientology is the answer...... But seriously it does not matter what people believe, if people choose to follow tom cruise'a beliefs good for them, if others are catholic and believe that "god" is the answer again good for them. So some of us believe the Big Bang theory and it is only a theory at this point in time. So I feel that is wrong to try to force others to believe the theory, like I feel this topic is trying to do. This also goes for you religious people. Sometime I feel like we haven't changed since the 15th century. If someone doesn't follow you religion don't force it down their throats.
Ps yes i do believe in the Big Bang [u]theory[/u]