atheists: what are your ideas about creation?

Question

i was just wondering, how many of you believe in the big bang.. and other theories.

or what are your theories about creation.

i see alot of you are taking the word creation... as a religious term..

i am sorry if i came across that way.. i mean it as in how did we all come to be here... how did we get here?

Answer 1

creation all the way

Answer 2

Creation? We do not believe in a 'creation'. In order for there to be a 'creation', there has to be a creator. We believe in no creator.

We believe generally that the universe is a cycle of big bang followed by complete collapse over the course of billions of years, and then repeating ad infinitum, from and into eternity, worlds without end.

Answer 3

If the question is do I think the big bang happened, I would say quite probably. It was a mathematical prediction of the theory of relativity and is supported by observation. So I would wonder why anyone doesn't 'believe' it.

Answer 4

Super... The Big Bang Theory came from a Catholic Priest.

Father Georges-Henri Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer.

Monsignor Lemaître proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, although he called it his 'hypothesis of the primeval atom'. He based his theory on the laws of relativity set forth by Einstein, among others

Answer 5

I like the theory Edgar Allan Poe proposed in his essay "Eureka".
It is basically the big bang theory, long before anyone called it that, and with a pantheistic twist.

Oh, and I'm not really an atheist, but since people tend to use it interchangeably with "doesn't subscribe to organized religion", I thought I'd reply anyhow.

Answer 6

I accept the Big Bang on the authority of people who actually study the beginning of the universe. I'm not a cosmologist.

With regard to creation: I created a great sandwich just a minute ago.

Answer 7

i believe in the big bang and evolution
this isn't to say that both cannot be flawed, but nothing can explain everything perfectly, because we are human, and we have not evolved enough to understand all of the complexities of the universe
however, my beliefs have lead to the creations of cell phones and computers and technology
my thoughts on creation? HAHAHAHAHA

Answer 8

I think there was never a beginning and there never will be an end to existence, the universe and all of existence is a cycle of creation and destruction without a supreme being referred to as 'god'- I find it absurd to believe that even if there was a god, why would it be characteristic of humans?

Answer 9

I don't believe in the Big Bang 100%. That is a scientific theory, and many parts of it are logical. However, I don't center my life on religion or why we're here because I think nobody could ever know in millions/billions of lifetimes, so why waste times on religions that only result in hate?

Answer 10

I believe I was created as a result of the big bang... or as my parents tell the story... "a really wild key party that got out of control when we were still teenagers."

Whatever THAT means.

Now.. with that issue settled, don't you have to marshal your hate and go find someone to persecute for believing something different than the fantasy story you were told as a child and yet still believe?

Answer 11

Creation is silly.

Really, how am I to know how and when it happened? It's here now, why worry about it. I just know that it's not as magical as religion makes it out to be, sorry.