if there was nothing in the beginning why did it explode?

Answer 1

Good question it's not better than at first there was a verb and then every thing....

I don't know the answer but I dont care i'm alive and happy.

Answer 2

To continue the same theme as a previous answer; perhaps you should not take literally the concept of nothing. Really the 'nothing' and 'something' of the theory of the Universe is the matter we see today, the stars, planets etc. There was 'stuff' before the Universe but the fellas coming up with these theories are talking about Our Universe and not really going into what was before. I would point out that they equally would not suggest there was nothing 'before' because nothing begets nothing so to speak! If you want to try and complicate it more you can look to the fact that it is suggested the Unuverse is elliptical, this means it has a boundary, so the logical next question is; what's outside the boundary? - Don't say 'nothing'! So don't get too far into word use, remember it's only the matter in the Universe they are talking about, and only the matter in this particular Universe now, maybe they just keep expanding then collapsing (into universe type 'black holes' of immense energy) and then going 'bang' again and expanding out once more to create habitats for beings to gaze up and ask questions, all one big cycle of things really. The point is to experience life and understand that existance exists, i.e. If there were no life then how would it be recognised that creation really happened, one requires the other - that's the philosophical question you maybe should play with.

Answer 3

It is very hard to understand the very beginning. I prefer to not even use the word explode because we know what explosions are now.

The theories which postulate a big bang actually describe the very beginning as when everything was in an extremely small volume. There was an extremely large expansion very quickly. The expansion of the entire universe from very small to larger may have occurred faster than the present speed of light. In other words, conditions were very different then.

Matter began to exist after the expansion began.

Before that everything was energy. Everything was on the E side of Einsteins famous equation equalizing energy with mass times the speed of light squared.

The most solid reason for believing these big bang theories it that the universe appears to have expanded from one point.

Answer 4

There is and was a mind so powerful and supreme that it was able to create the universe. The reality of the universe and even material aspect of it is full unknown to us. This is possible that all this seem real to us only relatively. That we are a concept in a concept with other concepts and therefore everything is real within the experience – one concept can be a proof of other concept’s reality and vice versa. The mind may be that of the mind of God Almighty. This mind can be an individual, exclusive and separate entity, or it can also be an all-encompassing being that we all are but a part of. It the mind that create the universe is the absolute and all the best and therefore only the best then the universe is singular unique and all that is there in existence, or in all possibilities of any existence.

The act of creation is not only the creation of our physical world, it more than that. Now, if you are willing to consider aspects of creation other than merely materialistic then you can understand what I have to propose in response to you question. The fact is that a fact can be physical and non-physical, just like the facts we have in our mind all the time as our thoughts, opinions and judgements. When we think logically the facts in our mind generate facts, and this is how we get closer to the object of our inquiry.

But when we think creatively, the images, thoughts and ideas have nothing to cause them into existence. They just emerge out of nothingness into existence. A concept of an entirely new type of object can be conceived mentally. Similarly, new ideas, notions and concepts can be created. The process of creation can be subtle, and it can also be very powerful and explosive. Just imagine until you are able imagine something that was not in your mind before – an image, an idea, or a concept, anything. Now, if you consider what you have just imagined and think about it, you make it expand. If you are able to think of an object of your fancy, or something of some emotional value, you will realise that that special thing can assuming a life of its own, a new existence.

Answer 5

Well "In the beginning" has to do with religion, while the "Explosion" (Big Bang I assume) thing has to do with science. I'm sure you know those two never really agree on much, at least not for the last, hmm, a million years. Maybe God has always existed so he doesn't fit into the nothing thing. Also, perhaps after God said, "Let there be light!" (Which means that sound/vibration was the first thing that existed, not light since he spoke) that's when you get the explosion, and ... you know ... a lot of light after an explosion, usually. Well at least in the movies there is. Hey, wait a minute, when one goes to the movies, first there is nothing (darkness) then there is light, what the hell? Wait, hell exist before the darkness and the light, that's right, sometimes they have those goofy slide shows with advertising and or stuff you can get at the concession stand.

Answer 6

Why would you think there was nothing in the beginning? The Big Bang theory suggests this is what brought our solar system into existence. There could have been a big bang, but there coiuld also have been a sound or resonance or vibrational frequency that brought the universe into existence.

Science doesn't want to acknowledge that there could be something called intelligent design, but some of the most intelligent scientists the world has known have believed in an intelligent Creator. Read about Albert Einstein's beliefs for more on that.

Answer 7

Who said there was nothing in the beginning? We cannot create relevance without 1st exploring the source of who 1st said there was nothing. Mankind is easy to dupe into believing almost anything we are reared from birth to be holy. An example is that we cringe when we hear that a church was burned down, but don't really notice when a house is burned down. Did not God make everything on this planet, thus dwells in everything?

Answer 8

Well actually there might have been nothing ON the world except from sea and land, but in universe there was still things! Many rocks and also a gigantic piece of burning fire! And then we all though that the gigantic fire was the sun which exploded etc

Answer 9

You seem to be combining the theory of creation and the big bang.

In the theory of creation, at the beginning there was nothing. God, then created everything.

The big bang theory presumes all matter existed at a central location, then exploded.

Answer 10

nothing exploded it was just a theory god created the heavens and the earth before that there was nothing but emptiness evoloution bought in the big bang but had nothing to prove this darwin had no basis for his desicions and teachings which is why on his death bed he admitted he was wrong but believe me we will all give an account of what we have done so one day he will face god with what he has done

Answer 11

Because this thinking just totally blew someone's mind.

There was something before, there are things not in your visiual range,.. there will be something after we are gone. Things are like this,.. you don't really expect to see and understand everything? No,.. no,.. things are nothing to you that are something to another.

There can be something in Africa that is everything to some people but nothing to you, then suddenly it is so important.


Words are annoying this way. Things are annoying because noone seems to get they do not know everything and things extend past their world and understanding.

The explosion was something completely different, there is supposed to be another, then things will be completely different again... but this was nothing compared to the future in some odd ways.

Yes,.. things can be very confuseing about this, can't they.