If Christians have a hard time believing that the universe just popped into existence from nothing,?

Question

how can you except me to believe that God just created the universe from nothing too?

Maybe the universe just did pop into existence and that science has not had the technology to prove this hard to understand theory.

Answer 1

Christianity doesn't really try to address how God created the universe. I believe the Genesis description is a fairly simplified way to present the creation to generally unsophisticated people.

The description also works reasonably well with sophisticated people if they can look beyond a literal approach to the creation story.

It sounds to me like you already have decided what you are prepared and not prepared to believe. That is not a scientific approach. Scientists spend much of their time trying to disprove what they believe.

Answer 2

It is not provable, either affirmatively or negatively, because there is no, and can be no, evidence of how the Big Bang happened. Science can give guidance on what happened for t > 0, but not for t = 0. Remember also that no scientific theory can ever be proven: there may be some situation, somewhere in the universe, that would demonstrate it to be faulty. Scientists spend a lot of time trying to determine how to disprove their pet theories, because the harder they legitimately try (and fail) to do so, the more confidence they have in the theory's correctness.

Answer 3

You either believe that an all-powerful being created everything in the universe and the laws that govern it and all the infinite intricacies within it, or you believe that several billion years ago NOTHING exploded and eventually created everything. I would say it's easier to believe the first idea. How can anyone say when the big bang happened? Was anyone there to write down the date? There are so many things in existence that are so detailed and complicated, and we are to believe that it's the result of a huge explosion in space? that involved nothing?

Answer 4

Explain your premise that God created the universe from nothing. It's believed by many to be a doctrine, but a more correct translation would be 'God organized the universe/world.' The materials, the matter, was already at hand.

Answer 5

Religion and science go hand in hand sometimes, the religous types don't want to admit that because it would take the mysticism out of religion. If you have a little knowledge of physics and astronomy and you read the beginning of the book of Genesis in the Bible about creation, it would seem that it almost step by step explains the beginning of our universe as is seen by scientists today, from the big bang, to photons, to creation of plant life, animal life, and then human life. Neither science nor religion wants to admit that there are more similarities than differences here.

Answer 6

Christians, who believe in God, do not have any problems that God created this whole universe with the word of His mouth. He spoke and it came into existence. If you can't believe it without the help of science, its your misfortune. Our minds are limited in their comprehension. Don't tax your brain above that which are capable of. Otherwise, you may land up in the padded cell. Just trust God and believe on Him. He will give you the needed understanding.

Answer 7

God is omnipotent. It's easier to understand that he could come from nothing because his existance is kind of crazy to begin with. But you bring up a good point, they're both on about the same page. I'm kind of neutral in this dispute. I could go either way....

Answer 8

Or perhaps the universe always existed. Like some of them claim God has always existed.

Answer 9

Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. He believes that God cares about us and can intervene in human affairs -- on rare occasions, even miraculously. Collins has personally discovered some of the scientific evidence for the common descent of all living creatures, even though he repudiates the materialist, atheistic worldview argued by many prominent Darwinists.

In short, Dr. Collins provides a satisfying solution for the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science. Faith in God and faith in science can be harmonious -- combined into one worldview. The God that he believes in is a God who can listen to prayers and cares about our souls. The biological science he has advanced is compatible with such a God. For Collins, science does not conflict with the Bible, science enhances it.

For many years Dr. Collins kept his views largely to himself, as he helped oversee the Human Genome Project's stunning sequencing of the code of life. Now, in what may be the most important melding of reason and revelation since C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, Dr. Collins explains himself in detail. The Language of God makes the case for God and for science. Dr. Collins considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism -- including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. Instead, he proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes.

He has heard every argument against faith from scientists, and he can refute them. He has also heard the needless rejection of scientific truths by some people of faith, and he can counter that, too. He explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes readers on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry, and biology can all fit together with belief in God and the Bible. The Language of God is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: Why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?

Answer 10

Belive what you feel is right. Don't let anyone "tell" you what to belive in. Myself, I belive in god yet there isn't a soul on this planet that can convince me that god created our world in a blink of an eye and adam & eve started this all. If that was true then all of us would be some inbred retards..