How do you explain the creation of the earth, when matter cannot physically come from nothing?
2006-06-20 14:10:43 · 13 answers · asked by igotalife2000 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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genius-I put that because I find it funny how so many different christian groups working together could screw up something so simple as the bible.
2006-06-20 14:40:37 · update #1
Yeah I meant universe, sorry.
2006-06-20 14:41:33 · update #2
memento mori
and if you want something in-between, a hybrid, try mormonism.
2006-06-20 14:43:49 · update #3
I'll assume you mean the beginning of the universe, not the beginning of the earth. The earth formed about 8 billion years after the universe did, so there was plenty of matter at that point.
You are wrong in saying that matter cannot come from nothing. There are always 'vacuum fluctuations' where matter and anti-matter are spontaneously forming and disappearing. This is a measured effect and is important in our understanding of electromagnetism.
On theory (and I want to emphasize that it is a theory) is that the vacuum with *nothing* in it is at a higher energy than one with *something* in it. The difference in energy is quite large and when the vacuum decayed, it allowed the formation of a *lot* of matter and anti-matter. Because of an asymmetry between matter and anti-matter, when thing recombined, there was a small amount of matter left over. This is the matter we see around us.
Another theory is that there was another 'universe' before ours that experiences a 'Big Crunch' and collapsed. There was then a type of bounce which formed our current universe. So there would have eben all the matter and energy of that previous universe to work from. This theory has recently been given more credence because of a calculation made with quantum loop gravity ( a proposed theory of quantum gravity).
2006-06-20 14:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Earth was formed from matter already in the universe. If you have never heard of star nurseries and/or solar nebulas, you may wish to research that. Now, if you wonder how the universe formed, the most accepted theory is the Big Bang. One of the few theories, if not the only theory that can explain this is the theory of parallel universes. According to the theory, all of the universes (infinite number of them) are in the 11th dimension. These universes are moving, and the idea is that a collision between two universes took place. This caused the Big Bang, which in turn caused the formation of ordinary matter, dark matter, and dark energy in our universe. If you wish to learn more, there was, and maybe still is, a special on the Science Channel that discusses this further (look for the program Parallel Universe).
2006-06-20 21:19:38 · answer #2 · answered by Riiken Ultima 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is pointless, because if you knew anything about science, you would know that modern science has not yet answered that question. That is not to say that it will not answer it. It took hundreds of years to discover that the sun did not revolve around the earth. It took hundreds of years to discover that we could innoculate ourselves against deadly diseases. It is far more likely that they will find out how the matter did come into being, and that Christians/Muslims/religious people in general (I'm not bashing Christians here, just making a point) will point out conviniently that a god or god-like figure was at the root of it's appearance.
2006-06-20 21:20:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well things that are some of the building blocks of our solar system CAN come from other parts of the universe...throw in some gravitational pull caused by large objects like the sun that helped shape it... Get the right things together that could help life form... No matter whether you believe it or not, did you not pay attention in school?
2006-06-20 21:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Within our time-space domain matter can neither be created or destroyed (The Laws of Thermodynamics). Who said that the matter that is in our time-space domain originated here?
A scientific perspective of the Creator observes plainly that He is not limited to the boundaries of our domain.
2006-06-21 00:08:25 · answer #5 · answered by claypigeon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is plenty of matter in the universe for planets to form. Where is the confusion?
2006-06-20 21:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see.
You take it on faith that it is possible that God has always been around, with no point of creation or destruction.
But you can't exercise the same faith regarding matter and energy.
Not too open minded, are you??
2006-06-20 21:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by freebird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe was not created, it has always existed.
Energy & matter are the same thing. "Life" is nothing more than energy and it has always existed in some form.
2006-06-20 21:14:56 · answer #8 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists (unsurprisingly) believe matter came from energy.
Look up on Quantum physics.
2006-06-20 21:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by Samuel J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want the long, complicated and intellectually challenging answer, go with science. If you want the fast and easy version try religion - the spiritual equivalent to McDonalds.
2006-06-20 21:16:29 · answer #10 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋