Believers in Big Bang and not Creator, what existed before the Big Bang?

Question

The theory consists of all matter and energy being contained in a single point. A great explosion causes the matter and energy to be spread widely, starting the Universe. Where did this matter and energy come from?

This question is proposed to theists all the time in the form of if God created everything, who created God? The answers are always the same, either (fill in the blank) has always existed, or the question is turned back on the asker. No one that I've seen has ever been able to give any different answers. So I guess you could ask this: whatever your individual beliefs are, does it really matter how everything was created? Couldn't people agree that everything exists for a reason, be that reason religious or be it scientific?

Answer 1

ive been asking this question for two weeks now

hopefully someone can give you a better answer then ive been getting

Answer 2

Stephen Hawking has said quite clearly that he does NOT know what existed before the Big Bang. And he does not preclude the existence of God. However, there is certainly no logical reason to conclude that God is responsible, simply because 2000 year old mythology said so. There is no theory or evidence that makes this plausible.

However, a popular theory is that the universe has exploded and imploded countless times, so the Big Bang was not a beginning, but was instead, another step in an infinite timeline.

However, this is a theory, and not a belief. Unlike religious people, realists do not pretend to know the answers to everything. Therefore, someone like myself is not going to answer this question as if I do. I can't prove the Big Bang happened. But I can prove the earth wasn't created in 7 days, and I can also prove that it's much older than the Bible claims. There are many many things I can prove untrue about the Bible. Therefore I fail to understand how people can place such blind faith in it, when the fact that it is false is so easy to see.

Answer 3

First, you are assuming big band and creator are concepts that can't go hand in hand. Some people who support the big bang theory believe in god, some people do not believe in either big bang and creator.

Second, we don't have the answers for everything. Humans do not even know 0.000001% of the universe. You can either accept you don't know or you can make up easy explanations as "god did it".

For me, the question about from where the matter and energy came from is as valid as to ask from where god came from. If we can believe that god has always been there, why can't we believe matter and energy has always been there? I don't know if the big bang theory is the right one, but I think it's more plausible, since at least I know matter and energy exists, it's here and everywhere, I can't say the same about god, have no clue about him, at least not about the theistic god.

Answer 4

The general answer is the same when the question is posed to the Creationists. Where did God or the Creator come from? The answer is that he's always been there or it just is. So you could argue the same thing with the universe. Before the Big Bang could have been a Big Crunch and the universe just oscillates between Big Bangs and Crunches. I doubt we'll ever really know the answer as the origins of life are so vague and tough to understand.

Answer 5

this is like asking what came first the chicken or the egg.

I believe The big bang came from a massive rock that had all matter in our universe compressed much like stars do it exploded and started speading everything in diffrent directions. the distance that those pieces have traveled is what is known as the size of our universe.

and much like our own rock that had a big bang i believe there are other big rocks out there that have exploded as well creating other universes. This i believe works just like our universe has galaxies and those galaxies contain star systems and our own solar system, just like our planet has a moon and on down to where matter is made by atoms and atoms are made up by protons and neutrons and held together by electrons and still scientist have found smaller things. It just goes on and on. The possibilities are infinite.

by the way i have no proof of where it came from but if i am going to believe in something i need a little bit better explanation than there is a God and thats it you dont question it.

Answer 6

More than the Big Bang, I think the question is why anything should exist at all. Everything comes from somewhere, but the universe, so far as we can understand, doesn't seem to have a direct cause.

But a creation implies a creator.

Answer 7

The following link and article prove that the Big Bang Theory existed in the Noble Quran 1400 years ago.

http://www.answering-christianity.com/hot_gas.htm

Answer 8

Ever heard of Expansion and Contraction? That is the cycle of the 'Universe' whatever that is. Prior to the 'Big Bang' there was a collapsing 'Universe'...It is all part of the current studies concerning 'Dark Matter'.

Answer 9

There was nothing, so far as we know there was no matter, no energy, no time, no space until the Big Bang. While the idea of something coming from nothing may seem preposterous, quantum theory says that it is possible. (At least, I think it does, it's not really my area of expertise)

Answer 10

Could you religious zealots please start doing a little research before you ask such asinine questions. The universe was a ball of extremely hot matter spinning extremely fast before th big bang. As the ball spun faster, it became smaller, and therefore hotter. Eventually it reached the point of nuclear fusion, and hence, the big bang.

Answer 11

Believers in Creator and not Big Bang, what existed before the Creator?