What started the evolutionary process? For that matter what caused the "big bang"?

Question

where did they Earth come from that everything evolved on or does it not exist?

Answer 1

The Big Bang theory isn't a part of evolution. It's a part of astrology.

But anyways:

Einstein's general theory of relativity implies that the universe cannot be static; it must be either expanding or contracting. The more distant a galaxy is, the faster it is receding from us (the Hubble law). This indicates that the universe is expanding. An expanding universe implies that the universe was small and compact in the distant past. The big bang model predicts that cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation should appear in all directions, with a blackbody spectrum and temperature about 3 degrees K. We observe an exact blackbody spectrum with a temperature of 2.73 degrees K. The CMB is even to about one part in 100,000. There should be a slight unevenness to account for the uneven distribution of matter in the universe today. Such unevenness is observed, and at a predicted amount. The big bang predicts the observed abundances of primordial hydrogen, deuterium, helium, and lithium. No other models have been able to do so. The big bang predicts that the universe changes through time. Because the speed of light is finite, looking at large distances allows us to look into the past. We see, among other changes, that quasars were more common and stars were bluer when the universe was younger.

There are still unresolved observations. For example, we do not understand why the expansion of the universe seems to be speeding up. However, the big bang has enough supporting evidence behind it that it is likely that new discoveries will add to it, not overthrow it. For example, inflationary universe theory proposes that the size of the universe increased exponentially when the universe was a fraction of a second old. It was proposed to explain why the big bang did not create large numbers of magnetic monopoles. It also accounts for the observed flatness of space, and it predicted quantitatively the pattern of unevenness of the CMB. Inflationary theory is a significant addition to big bang theory, but it is an extension of big bang theory, not a replacement.

Answer 2

Everybody has a guess.
Here's mine.

Time doesn't start with a magic bean or
a primal atom hiding out in an icy cold
space.
In the beginning, neither the atom or
the space exists. And the Big Bang
itself, is just a point in a cycle.

Creation forms when a blanket of
energy in it's quantum form erupts, and
sets off a series of tiny, vacuum-like
tornadoes.
Each of these tornadoes is a genetic
frequency and forms the centers for
existence.
The quantum "quarks" then format with
their given frequencies and creation begins
to form.

Stars form first because hydrogen and helium
atoms have the least amount of electrons.
Thus, they encounter the least amount of
resistence.
Planets emerge from this quantum zone
a short time later because their genetic makeup
is more complex.

Thus, this God given procedure creates the time
and distance.

For a long time, it was thought that space
was a form of ether and was infinite. Now it
appears that space is just an inert form of energy
that gets caught up in this cosmic whirl pool.
(I believe they now call these bits, Axioms)

What lies outside the universe has to be an
undertow that leads back to this blanket of
quantum energy.

Einstein once said that for every force in the
universe, there's a counter force. Which just
might explain why black holes "suck in"
while the cosmic continues to expand.

Can I prove any of this?

Not a chance.

Answer 3

Natural selection was the process...somewhere along the line a self-replicating strand of DNA managed to create a good enough copy of itself that could survive on its own. That would be your "first" example of natural selection.

As for what started the "Big Bang", no one can know right now. The Big Bang started out as a Singularity, a point where all matter and all space was concentrated on a single spot. Normal mathematics break down and become useless for trying to form a functional model at that point. Pending some breakthrough, the only possible answer is "I don't know".

That does not, however, point to the existence of a deity.

Answer 4

The Universe opens and expands and eventually it runs out of energy and everything contracts. Space and matter collapse into another singularity and the entire spontaneous process begins over again

Answer 5

What started the evolutionary process?
Answer: God's order!

Answer 6

Reading today in Discover magazine that within 3 seconds all these things happened after the big bang,

didn't say what caused it.

Answer 7

The process of evolution started with a mutation of an ape trying to eliminate God so that he can sin without condemning himself to hell.