I t all had to start somewhere so you tell me..... where did everything come from?
2006-07-22 03:13:47 · 15 answers · asked by kristiebemu 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You misunderstand what the Big Bang theory says. Space and time are part of the geometry of the universe. This means that it is possible that time itself started at the instant of the Big Bang. In other words, there was nothing before the Big Bang because there wasn't a 'before the Big Bang'. It is somewhat like asking what is north of the north pole. This is the standard view from general relativity.
Unfortunately, general relativity doesn't take into account quantum effects. It is possible that the 'singularity' at the Big Bang is spread out from such effects. We don't have a workable theory of quantum gravity, so any detailed analysis is difficult. However, one of the proposed quantum gravity theories predicts that there was a 'Big Crunch' from a previous universe before the Big Bang.
In any case, there wasn't (as many seem to think) a primeaval atom from which everything exploded. The Big Bang describes the expansion of space itself, not an explosion in the conventional sense.
2006-07-22 04:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many theories: One is that the universe keeps having big bangs, expands
to a huge universe and then contracts back to a singularity - and then
another big bang.
The point is that the big bang isn't supposed to be an explanation of
the universe - only a phenomenon that explains what we are currently
seeing astronomically.
Maybe it IS the beginning of existance and that time is somehow
defined in absolutest terms (like the absoluteness of the speed of
light regardless of your current speed).
Maybe it isn't - we don't know. Maybe we will, some day, but
generally scientists look at it as an event, not a metaphysical statement
on something.
2006-07-22 10:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll never forget hearing about a 3 year old who said - right after church - that she believed in the 'Big Bang Theory.' She said that God said 'Bang' and there everything was! How's that for an explanation? Truly from the mouths of babes!!!
All living things are made from carbon and water... Marvel at the periodic table and then tell me it was all 'chance.' DNA, and the infinite smallness of Creation? No way!
2006-07-22 10:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by The Ang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, according to this diagram in my science book, true atoms with electrons and nuclei appeared some 10^13 seconds after the Big Bang. The particles called quarks condensed to form protons and neutrons in the first 100 seconds of existence. Unfortunately, scientists have no idea about anything earlier than 10^-43s after the beginning.
2006-07-22 10:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you have a point. The Universe was created by the flattulence of a mystical higher power!
(Ya see, the good thing about being an atheist and someone who puts confidence in the scientific method is that unanswered questions are a challenge. We don't need a grand unifying answer to sleep at night.)
2006-07-22 10:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by Lynne D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one really knows.
let the physicists figure that one out.
the big bang is not the answer to creation, its a suggestion based on evidence that the universe is expanding. most atheists don't consider creation to be anything but a story, one that doesn't have to be given an answer to.
2006-07-22 10:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by Aleks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EXACTLY!!!!! And if the Big Bang truely happened how come we've never seen it again! Evidently it was a one time deal. AND if we came from monkey's how come we've never seen a monkey evolve into a human yet? We've been on this earth for more then 2000 years and we've never seen any proof for evolution. I believe we adapt to things, and adjust accordingly BUT I am in no way related to King Kong!
2006-07-22 10:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by Cathy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could have come from a force that had existed in the universe forever. You can call that force God, but it does not think, act, or speak, and is not supernatural in any way, therefore going against most accepted definitions of God, and beleiving in it, since it is not a god, is still considered atheism.
2006-07-22 10:17:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think this,if you look at the structures and texture created by the mind in a dream you can start to grasp the journey of the universe,the structures in dream are created by the dreamers mind,were the structures originated are not knone to people who are in the dream,the same can be said for the waking state.this universe of name and form originated in the mind of the Creator, we as the people in his dream(knone as the waking dream) cannot know the origin of the universe as there is no beginning as we know it,we have been born in the middle of this dream and therefore are shrouded in ignorance to the true nature of the beginnings of the universe.things are not as they seem
2006-07-22 10:27:04 · answer #9 · answered by gasp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't give mathematician (above) best answer for this, you're seriously biased. That's one of the best answers I've ever seen to one of the these questions.
2006-07-23 17:32:09 · answer #10 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋