The way I understand it, billions and billions of years ago, all the matter in the universe was compressed into the space of a very, very heavy dot. This dot was spinnig clockwise at an incredibly high speed, when it exploded in the big bang, send all the matter out in space to form all the galaxies, stars planets, etc. What I'm confused about is something called the Law of Angular Momentum. What that law says is that when the big bang occured during the spinning of this dot sized super compressed matter, everything that formed should have continued spinning in a clockwise direction. But there is two planets that are spinning counter-clockwise, as well as six moons. Does anyone know how this is possible. It's in direct violation of the Law of Angular Momentum.
I have a theory. I think God made the objects spin backwards just to show how stupid the theory of the big bang is. Does anyone have any other logical explaination?
2006-10-10 16:52:07 · 17 answers · asked by ted.nardo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There has been no discussion that I have seen of angular momentum of the initial singularity of the big bang, and it is not necessary to assume that there was any. As for angular momentum now, it varies widely -- and whether it is clockwise or counterclockwise depends on your reference frame. Since all reference frames are equivalent, it doesn't matter. And the big bang is now solidly established science -- too many things are correctly described by it to kiss it off as wrong. If you wish to posit a god that created it, and the rules that the universe has followed since then, no scientist will say you nay -- but you can't use the idea to predict anything.
2006-10-10 16:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, I do believe That God is the father of creation, by whatever method will remain a mystery to me. I don't, however, believe that God created anything solely to disprove the Big Bang theory of the 20th century.
Second, I'm sorry to say, I am not familiar with the Law of Angular Momentum, but I know for a fact that every time I flush my toilet, here in the northern hemisphere of Earth, the water spins in a counter-clockwise direction, which is due to Earth's gravity. So maybe, the whole question comes down to the direction the original energy was moving when the moons were formed, and what subsequent impacts on the planets and moons had in terms of energy to effect the direction of spin, as well as their direction of orbit around the sun. Here on Earth, we have gravity, which is an essential factor in explaining why, among other things, the water in the toilet bowls of all the southern hemisphere of Earth, spins clockwise. But no, God did not make anything spin backwards just to disprove the big bang theory. That makes even less sense than what I just said about earth and gravity and moons and planets and orbits. I truly have no f'kin clue. Sounded good though, didn't it?
2006-10-11 00:31:28 · answer #2 · answered by josephine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The solar system is a dangerous place. Planets have been struck and knocked off of their axes many times throughout this system's history. That's how the Moon was formed. Now consider a spinning bicycle wheel. If you hold it by its axle, and spin it CW, what direction does it turn if you flip it so the other end of the axle is on top? When you turn it over, it appears to spin the opposite direction from where it started. Did you stop it and respin it? No. The same thing happened to those two planets. No big deal. I have no problem with the Big Bang. God said 'Let there be Light', and BANG! There was light!
2006-10-11 01:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember this question when you asked it as "prof_kilo" and pasted
"2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
I'll repost my answer the same way, and hopefully you'll understand it this time...
I've seen nothing about the pre-big bang singularity having the property of spin. In fact, it is described as a point of pure energy with only 1 dimension. Spin requires at least 2 dimensions, and the property of "mass" didn't come 'till much later.
Trying to prove creationism by refuting evolution will just lead you in endless circles. The theory of creation and evolution can easily live in harmony if you don't bind yourself to strict adherence to mythology.
Peace
2006-10-11 00:09:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?
We can't tell if the universe is turning because its has more then three dimesions, hense why we can't see the outskirts, and a theory can't satnd alone, there are other theories involved when you discuss even just two theories, there are other forces that can create a magnetic charge to change the direction of clock, there are so many varibles in the matter that it is counter productive to study one to two theories alone and try to come up with a conclusion on the complex and unknown universe
2006-10-11 00:13:20 · answer #5 · answered by Muse 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, all that matter was not compressed into a tiny spot because it didn't exist yet. Nor did time and space. Those things had be to created first. And energy didn't exist yet; it was all just a lot of potential.
And yes, the one where the world sits on the giant turtle' shell which in turn stands on the cosmic elephant is easier to explain and depict
than the big bang, but you'll never get members of the Cargo Cult to buy into either one.
2006-10-11 00:01:42 · answer #6 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conservation of momentum applies to the vector sum of angular momenta. Add all of the individual sums together, and you should get the same value you started with. Therefore, individual planets and other rocks and such can spin whichever way they want, as long as when summed together the vectors add to the original.
This property of angular momentum holds whether or not your assertions of values are correct.
2006-10-11 00:00:07 · answer #7 · answered by Phil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you that God made the earth (and planets, stars, etc.) instead of some big bang. But I lack any knowledge of the planets and moons spinning backwards, sorry. I'm sure if they DO, it is as God intended.
2006-10-10 23:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by Rainfog 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my definition a mass of gases exploded to form the universe.
2006-10-10 23:56:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I've read, scientists believe it was from massive collisions.
2006-10-10 23:58:42 · answer #10 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋