Personally, I think it was the Big Bang. But, what set it off? Was it God? Was it natural? Does it even matter? I'm curious to what people think. And please, intelligent answers only please.
2007-02-17 08:13:06 · 24 answers · asked by Becca 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Turtles.
And thats the most intelligent answer you will get.
2007-02-17 08:16:12 · answer #1 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is more evidence to the Big Bang theory, but a tiny point of matter so dense that it formed the entire universe in the blink of an eye is difficult to comprehend.
However, there is at least evidence to suggest the direction of travel by each galaxy, we can measure light and gamma radiation from galaxies thousands of light years away, and we can extrapolate from current knowledge how things may have come to pass.
I can swallow that much easier than "God did it because we say so."
But in reality, the time that humans (and subsequently our consciousness and sense of self) has only been around for the tiniest fraction of the universe's life. I think it is our nature to seek ANY form of answers to our creation, no matter how far-fetched they may be. I do not believe anyone will ever know exactly how ancient or large the universe really is, so anything is mere speculation.
2007-02-17 16:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the Big Bang was set off by God. Science has strongly defended the Big Bang but it's also now defending God. The Kalam theory states that anything that was created needs a creator and since it would have been impossible for the matter in space to be here forever and ever, because infinity doesn't truly exist... anything that is going to happen would have happened already if the universe was infinitely old. our uranium is turning into lead as we speak. so all uranium would no longer exist. mountains would no longer exist because they would all be worn down by erosion and human civilization would have hit a plateau of technology and no longer been able to invent more because every problem would be solved. so since it needs a creator God would have to be the creator.
2007-02-17 16:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by God's Servant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the universe expands and eventually contracts, when all the matter gets back to one point and condenses enough it expands again. How this happened the first time is unknowable and will forever be. Of course time is relative so it might have always been here/there or not. There could be infinite universes/dimensions and all that as well. All ican say is that it most likley wasn't god, if it was then how'd he get created to do it in the first place? Thus its the eternal question.
2007-02-17 17:59:08 · answer #4 · answered by Woody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cosmological argument or First cause argument is that there must be an intelligent mechanism to have caused the universe. First introduced by Plato and Aristotle.
btw - This might not even be the only universe. If you think the Big Bang theory is difficult to grasp ... consider String theory (the theory of everything).
2007-02-17 16:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by Capernaum12 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know.
no one knows.
but i think it's god in the sense that god is not some all knowing deity but the culmination of everything that is natural/scientific. big bang makes some sense but makes it sound faster than it should be, i think the universe probably kind of evolved.
i believe that everything and everyone has purpose and meaning and sometimes we (humans) like to pretend we have to know everything to prove that we are special. it doesn't really matter to me, i'm more concerned with what i am supposed to do now that i'm here than how i got here or where i will be going next.
btw, i'm jewish
2007-02-17 16:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by mommynow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Bang = bull
God = even more bull
I know for SURE that the universe wasn't created by those two, and I couldn't care less how it was created. What's important, is that I'm here.
Have a nice day.
2007-02-17 16:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by Alterna 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is loads of evidence for the Big Bang. What caused the Big Bang? Nobody has a clue.
2007-02-17 16:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it was all some experiment to take test subjects and see how we'd all act and what we'd think and how we'd progress over time... who did it? i havent got a clue... is anyone watching? does any of it matter? the fustrating thing is that none of these questions can really be answered 100%... but thats the fun in life i suppose, isnt it? not knowing your point... mind you, every question you ask how are you sure your going to get a 100% truthfu answer? i guess im rambling on, sorry....
2007-02-17 16:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This should make you think! Has there been a documented case, or have you or your associates ever witness an explosion anywhere, at any time, that has ever produced order and complexity? Why would the Big Bang be any different?
2007-02-17 16:21:53 · answer #10 · answered by michael m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has a clue and until some more information comes in I'm not going to make a fool of myself like some others do by pretending I have a clue let alone all the answers.
2007-02-17 16:16:53 · answer #11 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋