Do you believe in the big bang?

Answer 1

Yes i believe it, since God created the idea.

Answer 2

Sure. Two things are important here:

First, science doesn't know whether or not a higher power created the bang.

As a famous physicist once said: "The Big Bang theory says nothing about what banged, how it banged, why it banged, or even if it banged at all." What he meant was the theory begins a split second _after_ the bang, and says nothing at all about earlier times.

Second, here's why I believe in the Bang. The theory was first proposed in the 1930s, and most astronomers thought it was crazy. A Big Bang guy predicted that, if the theory was true, the universe would still contain the afterglow, microwave radiation at a temperature of 3 degrees Kelvin. In the 50s they found it. Microwave radiation. 3 degrees Kelvin. That won them the Nobel Prize and convinced most astronomers.

There were a few holdouts who came up with other reasons for the microwaves. Not great, but plausible. Then someone predicted that the microwaves would have very very tiny ripples, irregularities from the bang that formed stars. In the 90s they launched a satellite and found the ripples with the exact shape and size that had been predicted. That convinced almost every astronomer. Nobody can figure out another explanation for the ripples. They just won the Nobel Prize for finding the ripples.

But, as I said, it is possible and consistent with all scientific evidence, that the bang was created by a higher power, one who watches over us today. There is no conflict between most peoples religion and modern science.

Here's a website by an astronomer who believes in the Bang, and is also a devout Christian:

http://www.reasons.org/

Answer 3

The phrasing of your question makes it sound like a religion. I have a lot of respect for astrophysics, Einstein, and science in general. A physicist could explain to you that we can trace the universe and its properties back to a very small fraction of a second after the big bang and the high energy physics that were taking place at the time. This alone is an incredible feat. We also know that all of space is expanding. It had to expand from somewhere and somewhen.

The real question is, do you understand what is meant by the "big bang"? That term was actually first used to make fun of the theory of the origin for our universe, but the name stuck.

But, yes, I "believe in" astronomy and the evidence is right in front of my eyes when I look up at the night sky. I can even see another galaxy up there, if you know where to look on a dark night, you can see it too. Does that mean I "believe in" the Andromeda Galaxy? Heck, I can see it. Barely. Do I believe my own eyes? Well, you know what they say, "seeing is believing."

Answer 4

Believe is an interesting choice of wording.

Evidence has been collected for quite a while to support the theory but, it seems similar to a prosecutor going after a murder suspect and not looking for evidence to prove his innocence. During the trial, one has to assume that, except in the very few cases of brilliance and truth seeking, that the scientist is only going to present and interpret evidence to support his theory and the scientist is going to have a lot more resources than the murder suspect.

So far, it appears that it is reasonable to assume that something similar to the Big Bang happened but, it's not proven yet. A smoking gun is only theorized and has not been found. There is no conclusive evidence that Someone else did or didn't do it. The Big Bang does not attempt to show where the gun came from in the first place. It just says that it doesn't matter. Many people will always be dissatisfied with this answer.

Answer 5

Yes.

We know that distant galaxies are moving away from each other. This is shown by the red-shifts in their spectra.

The abundances of Hydrogen, Helium-3, Helium-4, and Litium that are predicted from the big bang model are consistent with what we see.

The Cosmic Background Radiation shows the 'afterglow' of the big bang. It has an almost precise black-body spectrum (as predicted from the big bang theory). Since the only parameter in such a spactrum is temperature and the observations have to (and do) agree over many different frequencies in absolute measurements as well as normalized ones, this is extremely difficult to get some other way.

The varations from the black body radiation have exactly the form predicted by extensions of the big bang theory (the inflationary scenario). These variations show the lumpiness that lead to galaxies.

Just to say 'God did it' has none of the predictive or explanatory power that general relativity does when applied to this problem. The theistic 'explanation' could not predict any of the above effects.

Answer 6

Since the "big bang" theory was first proposed nearly 100 years ago, it has done a better job of accounting for observations we've made, and of predicting results of other observations, than any other theory of the origin of the universe. So I don't have to "believe" or not "believe," I can just look at the scientific evidence for and against it and make up my own mind :)

There's still a lot we don't know, though we're making progress every year. Though the theory has undergone some revisions over the years (as all good scientific theories do), it's held up very well and has tons of observational and experimental support. And it's a good working theory that provides new avenues for observations and experiments through the predictions it makes about how things should be.

It's certainly got a lot more evidential support than "and god created the heavens and the earth" ;-)

Answer 7

It seems to me the most logical answer to me, being someone who believes not only in the undeniable facts of Science and also the unwavering faith of my Heart, that The Big Bang is....well, for lack of a better term, God.

Answer 8

Its not a matter of 'belief' as it is a scientific theory. Beliefs are for mythology and religion. The Big Bang theory is a scientific theory based on much data and evidence that suggests that this is a plausable explanation. If you ask if I agree with this theory, then yes.

Answer 9

Its not a matter for belief or non-belief. It is physics (astro-physics to be precise). To "believe in" or "not believe in" something requires that the something be supernatural, not of this physical realm, or else something someone says which one can choose to either take as truth or lie, ie- "My little brother took the cookies from the cookie jar!", or "A race of alien monsters live on the dark side of the moon." You are mixing up belief with scientific fact.

Answer 10

i believe in it as there are evidences...tho it still has to be proven as a solid one.
But i do believe that God created that star that went 'big bang' and everything else. For me it is like a mother giving birth to her children, as a 'mother star' gives birth to other stars.

Answer 11

lol i love the first answer.

i dont think the big bang is logical enough. It's just like the 7 days thing... which i "believe" but dont. i mean the bible was written by MAN not god. on the otherhand if the bible was written by WOMAN i might consider it. lol.