2007-02-25 01:36:44 · 16 answers · asked by Jeff W 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think anything really caused the big bang. If time began with the big bang then that isn't really meaningful. Modern Inflationary Cosmology tells us Matter and Energy actually form after the big bang event as the direct result of the rapid inflation.
ross - above says the universe is made of "god stuff" actually I think it is formed from mathematics ( necessary logical truth ).
Many Physicists such as Max Tegmark suspect such a thing.
2007-02-25 02:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Foam
you will see that space is not just an empty gap. energy and particles are constantly being created and destroyed. as it is destroyed it will not violate the laws of conservation. but if a sufficient amount of energy is created it will cause space to curve and create a bubble cut off from the rest of flat space. that bubble of energy will expand rapidly and matter will condense out of it. eventually the bubble will either burst as the levels of matter and energy will not be sufficient to sustain it, or it will contract and dissipate. either way the laws of energy conservation will not be broken. this hypothesis is based on quantum theory, the most successful theory ever to have been thought up by the human mind, it's been tested to death and hasn't fallen over. you can say it's 'just a theory' like evolution but then your computer will stop working as the construction of the electronics in it are based on quantum theory.
2007-02-25 02:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oddly enough, the latest theories are saying it appears that it wasn't "material" at all, but mostly energy. (Remembers E=mc^2.)
But why are you asking such a question among liberal arts majors? Wouldn't that question receive a more educated answer in the Physics section? Or are you simply saying that if we don't know something, it indicates that God did it? This makes no more sense than suggesting that if you don't know where your car keys are, God hid them.
2007-02-25 01:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A super condensed particle of matter and energy existed- where it came from or why it existed is open to conjecture but hopefully by pushing forward the boundaries of science those facts can be revealed.
2007-02-25 01:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is older than anyone could possibly comprehend. Little specks of dust could have been floating around in nothingness for billions of years before things started to form.
2007-02-25 01:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The material may not have been matter. Since matter and energy are interchangeable, the likely answer is that it coalesced from energy.
2007-02-25 01:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made it. No atheist can answer this question, but since they haven't found God with their microscopes and telescopes, they deduce that He doesn't exist. Every answer they proffer must start with something: cosmic dust, energy, something. Oh, or "the universe that was here before this one," which is step one in infinite regression. God said, "Let it be," and "BANG!" It was.
2007-02-25 01:51:36 · answer #7 · answered by celebduath 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
For us, it could have simply been the latest manifestation of a cycle of birth and death of existence, brought on by a "collision" with another (similar) universe.
2007-02-25 01:45:40 · answer #8 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the collapse of the universe that came before ours.
2007-02-25 01:38:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if it came from somewhere wouldn't that leave us with the same question?
2007-02-25 01:54:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋