To everyone who says the big bang never happened...?

Question

two questions:
1. Do you believe that universe is about 14 billion light years across? Why or why not?
2. If you do believe it's so big, do you truly honestly think that god made a universe 14 billion light years across so that humans could live on one tiny planet for about 10-15,000 years and then be raptured up for eternity?

Thank you (and please no "we'll never understand god's motives", don't waste our time, this is for thinking people).

Gaspode, the idea that we will curve around and end up back where we started is currently "outdated" the most recent studies that the universe is open, not closed. And my questions allow for someone to disbeliev my preconcieved notions. One simply has to answer No, I don't believe the universe is 14 billion light years across. And then the rest is irrelevant. But for those who DO believe that, the rest is a further test into their beliefs.

Answer 1

1) At the present speed of light it could be bigger than that.

2) Good point!

Answer 2

One of the leading quantum physicists in the world, while lecturing on the first 3 seconds of the universe said that the elements had to be so precise (for the big bang's occurrence), that it would be like taking aim at a one square inch object on the other end of the universe (which is a distance of roughly 14-20 billion light years) and hitting it bulls-eye.

Or...the possibility of the big bang occurring is about the same possibility of taking all the elements required for making a suit, throwing those elements into a closet, closing the door, then opening the door, and a fully made suit be there in front of you.

Friend, why is it so hard to believe we were created? If you put a clock in the middle of a field, how would you assume it got there? I can tell you it didn't evolve there! Humans are obviously much more complex than clocks, yet still some believe we are a product of evolution.

I can't tell you why God made the universe so big. Maybe it was to keep us here. Besides, how could the size of the universe possibly help the argument for the big bang theory any more than it could help the fact that we were created?

Answer 3

I agree with your principle, but the numbers I have a small problem with. The 14 billion light years across. Best guess puts the bang about 14.5 billion years ago I think. (correct me if I am wrong.) The universe could not be as many light years wide as the big bang because the items do not travel at the speed of light. They don't even travel at half the speed of light witch would make a 7.5 billion light year radius the 14 billion light years you are talking about. So while I don't have a solid calculation to the mass of the universe or the size of it. I do believe in the big bang.
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Answer 4

The concept that out of nothing, something went "bang" and the universe appeared requires just as much faith as any other theory.

Your two questions automatically limit the scope of the answers to fit your preconceived ideas and that is the big problem with most belief systems whether they call themselves science or something else.

If Einstein was correct the universe curves so that you eventually arrive at your point of departure if you travel in a straight line.

Learn to find comfort in the fact that you will never know, and that those who argue over the finer points of the unknown are fools.

Answer 5

1. We can only see about 14 billion light years because of the speed of light and the time since the big bang, but the universe is far far larger than that.

2. I don't believe in any god.

Answer 6

Okay, so the source of background radiation and the reason that matter is spreading outward -- recognisable from the redshift present in light from distance stars -- from a roughly central point is... what exactly? Wait wait wait. The first living cell was the result of a big bang? Umm, I think you need to straighten out your information and stop mixing biology with cosmology, genius.

Answer 7

We don't really know how everything came into being, the Bible didn't give specifics and I don't believe there is anyway a scientist could possiably know but he may have theories. I don't know how big the universe is, it doesn't pertain to anything in my daily life or in anyway affects our lives, just a curiosity. I know for a fact God created all of this and that we are only in the world for a short time to prepare ourselves for the afterlife. The Bible says the earth is ours and the heavens are His so I accept it and leave it at that. But I do find space facinating, I just don't know why all the big fuss over something we will never know.

Answer 8

1. I have no idea.
2. Yes. According to the Bible God made the universe so that He could show us (on earth) how unfathomable He is , just like the universe. You suggest that it is 14 billion light years accross, what is after that?

Answer 9

I believe you are just looking for an argument. Whether or not the big bang occurred is irrelavent because the evidence is subjective and unprovable. Do I believe the Big Bang occurred? Probably. Can it be "proven"? Not if you're honest. The problem isn't the Big Bang; it's people who want to assert it either is or isn't a fact. The only real indesputable fact where the Big Bang is concerned is that it is, and always will be, a Theory.

Answer 10

There is no way to accurately measure or even guess at the size of the universe.
It can go on forever or it can be circular in size with no end and no beginning, so everything is in a gravitational loop.
To say you understand the complexity is delusional. No comprehension of it's size is possible. Probably never will.
We are here and that is that. To question why we were created on this planet is still beyond understanding.
The fact that this planet is in perfect orbit, being protected by outer mechanisms, and that all life on earth is multi-complex that random genome is mathematically elusive, there is no other simple explanation other than creation.
Science makes it complicated due to lack of physical evidence.

Answer 11

We dont believe in big bang in naturalistic terms (there is no god) but in spiritual terms. We starting to discover that the universe may have actually had a central point from where it exploded and everything we know was set in motion. But science cannot explain why it happened, only God.