If the universe began with an explosion, doesn't that mean something was destroyed in the process?

Question

I normally don't see explosions as "creative", so doesn't the Big Bang represent a destructive event? Fireworks for example destroy something as they explode. If you believe in God, wouldn't God have destroyed something to produce the Big Bang?

Answer 1

The bib bang explosion is not an explosion in the sense that you think. An explosion is the extremely rapid production of gases due to a chemical reaction. This production leads to high pressures if the gases are confined, and when the confinment material fails, it is shattered and becomes part of the explosion. In the big bang, the explosion is the rapid expansion of particles, but there is nothing to confine it, since one part of the theory is that all the mass is present in the entity that exploded.

Answer 2

The big bang was not an explosion. It was an expansion, like blowing up a balloon vs. popping it. And there was nothing there to destroy in the expansion, as far as we can tell.

Answer 3

In theory, the big bang started from a little atom that was so compressed, it exploded. There was nothing around that atom, and if there was, yes, it would be destroyed, creating the universe we have today. We don't know where that atom came from. It probably won't happen again in the near future.

Answer 4

Yes, God destroyed the previous universe in order to create a new one from scratch, and I believe it will happen again SOON.

Answer 5

The big bang is only ONE of several POSSIBLE theories!
ALSO there are different theories to the cause of the big bang!
Try reading about string theory by by Leonard Susskind & James Lindesay!

Answer 6

That is why the explanations are called "Theories" cuz no one is really sure.