We've got the proof, what do you have?
First, and most obvious evidence: the universe is expanding based on observed 'red shifts' in the light spectrum of galaxies.
Second, the theory predicts that 25 percent of the total mass of the universe should be the helium that formed during the first few minutes, an amount that agrees with observations.
Finally, and most convincing, is the presence of the cosmic background radiation. The big-bang theory predicted this remnant radiation, which now glows at a temperature just 3 degrees above absolute zero, well before radio astronomers chanced upon it.
2006-09-03 15:14:53
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answer #1
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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Yes there are other theories out there, but if religion is your only reason for not believing in the big bang, as once was my reasoning then you need to be more open. Did you know that the big bang was actually endorsed by the pope of that time, and before the big bang was popular? Also, did you know that one of the first people to introduce the big bang theory and work on it was a catholic priest? I dont have a problem combining science and religion. I believe that for the most part God works through the physical laws he created.
2006-09-03 23:10:25
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answered by Adam 4
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i think you should watch out at this.
The Big Bang Theory is the dominant scientific theory about the origin of the universe. According to the big bang, the universe was created sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from a cosmic explosion that hurled matter and in all directions.
In 1927, the Belgian priest Georges Lemaître was the first to propose that the universe began with the explosion of a primeval atom. His proposal came after observing the red shift in distant nebulas by astronomers to a model of the universe based on relativity. Years later, Edwin Hubble found experimental evidence to help justify Lemaître's theory. He found that distant galaxies in every direction are going away from us with speeds proportional to their distance.
The big bang was initially suggested because it explains why distant galaxies are traveling away from us at great speeds. The theory also predicts the existence of cosmic background radiation (the glow left over from the explosion itself). The Big Bang Theory received its strongest confirmation when this radiation was discovered in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
Although the Big Bang Theory is widely accepted, it probably will never be proved; consequentially, leaving a number of tough,
2006-09-04 05:42:59
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answered by JOHN A 1
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Jesus, you're back already! I see you're still spreading stupidity and going against the word of your own supporters :)
*The catholic church officially adopted the Big Bang as the truth about what happened in the early universe a long time ago. They do point out that we have no idea what was going on before that.
What is that old line?
What was god doing before he created the universe? Creating a hell for people who inquired into such matters.
2006-09-04 00:42:59
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answered by iMi 4
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Even though you're not, let's actually answer this question under the premise that it's really you who has written into this forum.
Let's look at what actual knowledge you do possess, not what later generations pretend that you possess, in their dogmatic ignorance. You were born into a relatively semi literate family about 2000 years ago into a primitive tribal based culture in the Middle East. Whilst the level of knowledge of your culture was impressive for it's day, and there were quite a few inovations technology wise, the level of knowledge would be possible to obtain in your time would really not be all that impressive at all. Rather modest for the most part and scant at all as far as the sciences go. Even the most advanced culture of your time, the Romans, were primitive. And for all their wonders, the Greeks weren't much more advanced. Compared to your average school student today, you would do poorly in almost every aspect of knowledge...... as a matter of fact you wouldn't even be able to pass most tests set for 4th grade students, and even less set for 6th or 7th grade students. Even the greatest mathematicians and scientists of your time would be flat out passing anywhere beyond grades 7 or 8.
Therefore, to venture to say that a concept which would be so far beyond your level understanding that you couldn't even get your head around the idea, never happened, is so laughable it's beyond being a joke. You don't even know what causes light to be emitted from a candle or oil lamp, let alone something as profound as the Big Bang. The only "Big Bang" you know of is thunder, and your world didn't even know what caused that!!!! You can't even control something as simple as electricity, though that's something you know nothing about.
So, making proclamations like you have done as the premise to your question does nothing but show up the ignorance that you possess, but that's not your fault. It's due entirely to over 2000 years of further progress in knowledge and the greater sophistication and advancement of the society in which that knowledge is a part of. If you would like to learn about our knowledge then by all means ask to be taught, I would be more than happy to assist you, but be warned, you have a great deal of catching up to do. And I doubt you'll be fully able to comprehend much of what you will have to learn anyway, suffice to say that you may have to take it on my word that much of what you hear is the way things are.
As a man by the name of Arthur. C. Clarke once said...."Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic".
2006-09-03 22:05:18
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answered by ozzie35au 3
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Arno Penzias (Nobel Prize winner for discovering microwave background radiation remnant of Big Bang) would disagree.
2006-09-03 21:00:21
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answered by Answers1 6
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Wooo it did too! I was going about 60 and the tire blew! Bang! and it scared the #### out of me!
;-D That was one big bang I iwll never forget!
2006-09-04 00:04:56
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answered by China Jon 6
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Hey, if you say it never happened...then it never happened. Who am I to argue ?
2006-09-03 20:42:52
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answered by no nickname 6
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Hi Jesus I love you Want to go surfing tomorrow?
2006-09-03 20:39:47
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answered by Anonymous
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*Covers ears , shakes head* LIES ALL LIES!!!
Big Bang did happen and God made it happen...
2006-09-03 20:43:56
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answered by NARC 3
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