Memo from an Atheist to some Christians?

Question

I always hear Christians say that the Big Bang doesn't make any sense because scientists can't explain the cause of the Big Bang. Therefore, the logic goes, God created the universe.

1 Yes we don't know what caused the Big Bang, but
2 It's pretty obvious that it happened, even if the cause is unknown.

This leaves two options if you still wish to cling to your belief in God.

God created the universe to make it look like the Big Bang happened to trick us.

or

God created the universe with the Big Bang. He must have decided to do things the long way instead of just making everything instantly. (Note that this version of creation conflicts with the Bible)

Please choose one of the two above options if you still want to believe in a God.

BTW, God "just happening" makes less sense than the Big Bang just happening. They're equally mysterious, at least.

To make this a question, do you have any questions, concerns, comments, complaints?

Answer 1

I'll take one from column "A" and two from column "B," please, and may I have chopsticks with that?

The best of your two options is the first one. God created the universe to make it look like the BB happened. It is not a "simile" creation... to make it look LIKE the BB happened, nor was it to "trick" us. God is not a trickster.

God is all powerful... He can create (from nothing) anything. If we accept that premise, we also must accept that He can create, say, a rock... FROM NOTHING... and have it instantly exist, but having an age of... say... 6 BILLION years old, complete with fossil remains. If you say He can't do that, you are limiting God's power, which we've already established is unlimited. He didn't do it to trick us... if anything He did it to test our faith (oh, yeah, THAT old craw again!)... do we REALLY believe that He created the universe or not? Does it REALLY MATTER HOW He created the universe, or just that it was HE who created it?

If I, as a Christian, would ask of atheists, anything, it would be one thing specifically:

Please do not limit the Lord. He is infinite, He is omnipotent, He is omniscient, He is all loving.

You keep attempting to understand God by means of your limited, finite imaginations. Even the most WILDEST thought you can have about God's power, love, etc.... it still cannot come close to what God is. Just think about it this way... consider the number "infinity." You could spend a lifetime writing down the number, "99999 ... 999999 ... 99999 ..." and so on, and on, and on... every minute of your life, in hundreds of notebooks, and when you die, the number "infinity" will STILL be at LEAST ONE digit more that what you've written. That is the same with God. You could spend a lifetime trying to conceive of what God is, and He would STILL be just "that" much more than what your mind can conceive, because your mind is FINITE and LIMITED.

Have a Blessed Day!

Answer 2

This is well thought out, but not definite. You can't compile it completely into those two things because there are an infinite number of possible things that could have happened. These two are very likely in the given hypothetical situation, but not the only possibilities.

First, I'd like you to read up on the Gap Theory of Creation, and the Day-Age Theory.

Then, I'd like to add the possibility that God created everything in 6 24-hour days, and many people only interpret everything they see wrongly.

I'd also like to point out the near impossibility of all the planets and the sun coming into existence from the same mass, not to mention the unlikelihood of everything known to man coming from the same thing. You are actually more likely to be struck by lightning every day for the rest of your life than the Big Bang causing everything in existence.

Another thing I'd like to say is that God didn't "just happen". He always was. He had no beginning. He didn't pop up before time was created. He didn't create Himself. He's beyond human comprehension.

These are my comments.

Answer 3

The Big Bang, while very good, is only a explanation of observable phenomena. It will last until someone comes up with a better or more complete explanation. That's the way science works. By the way, the Bible does not say that the world was created instantly.

Answer 4

"I always hear Christians say that the Big Bang doesn't make any sense because scientists can't explain the cause of the Big Bang. Therefore, the logic goes, God created the universe."

just because you cant see past a certain point
you postulate a magic being
and then that makes everything okay?

Answer 5

God doesn't do anything to trick you. He made it as clear and simple as he could. Still, it is incomprehensible to man. Either you believe what he said or you don't. So what. How he did it doesn't make a difference in how we live our lives. We know we're here. How you choose to believe the universe appeared is a matter of faith. Everyone knows that -- we just don't know. The big bang is just as impossible as believing that God always was. They go against all known science. Both do.

We do know a man named Jesus existed and he claimed to be God in the form of man. He performed miracles and did things no other man could do. Witnessed by many people. His impact has had lasting effect on mankind and the history of earth. That we can see. So far science has not come close to proving any of their claims. They can't test it or reproduce it. There are no simple to complex examples to see. There are no transitional forms from one species to another. If there were irrefutable evidence produced it would have been hailed as the greatest scientific breakthrough ever found. We're still waiting. There are only suppositions. If that is what you're banking on, so be it.

Answer 6

The guy with the music notes for a name and the green mohawk said something very interesting, "A physical phenomenon is easier to explain than a supreme intelligence." I think that was very helpful.

I think that's why nonbelievers always go with the big bang theory. It goes along with their logic which is only natural to do that.

God, the supreme intelligence, had no beginning. Our finite natural minds simply cannot grasp this, so we tend to lean more toward what is logical. But if you look at your hand for awhile, or consider an organ as complex as the eye, or especially the entire human body I think it is very clear something with a profoundly limitless intelligence and power created these things.

Yes I believe in God as revealed through Jesus Christ, but simply turning an eye toward empirical evidence this is what I have come up with.

Answer 7

Let us start with a (day of creation) is not necessarily 24 hours. See Genesis 1 for definition. Further notice that the sun, moon, and stars were not 'created until day 4. (Light of the world; Jesus who did exist then).
Yes, at THE core there is a belief that God existed; similar to the BELIEF that the Big Bang existed, and had to come from something.
One also, at the core, faces the decision did life(energy) come from life, or life from matter?
Would you like to go further?

Answer 8

Big Bang, Big Bang, Big Bang! Enough already!
I thought atheists didn't believe in anything
I don't just believe in a God. I believe in THE GOD. The one who created the universe, and everything in it. End of Story.

Answer 9

Well...I would say that God must have made things the hard way...if I was a Theist...that's the only one that can make half-way sense to me...my comment is that it is very well thought out, but I doubt that many Christians will find it very amusing (or anything...remember, most Christan's won't agree with anything unless it is of 100% of what they believe...very close-minded some Christians are...) Now...I'm not grouping because I said "some Christians" so back off...let the thumbs down parade begin!!!

Answer 10

As a born again Christian I believe in the Big Bang THEORY...God spoke and BANG, things were created from nothing.