2007-09-12 01:32:11 · 18 answers · asked by bob m 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, try to catch beyond the big bang on the history channel.
Check it out and see when it is showing again, you will see.
2007-09-12 01:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by sassinya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh no, not another "big bang" question!
First of all, this is a question of cosmology, not religion or spirituality. So the question doesn't really belong in this section.
But if you're going to ask "What started the Big Bang?" you might as well ask "What IS the Big Bang?" since it pretty much was, by definition, the start itself. No, it's not a case of "something from nothing". There are have been entire books written on this subject, so it's impossible to sum everything up in layman's terms in one tiny internet post here. Try this link for starters:
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html
One thing to keep in mind is that is that the works of Einstein and other scientists in the 20th century showed that the universe doesn't really follow the same assumptions Newton had (that mass is always a constant, that time is constant and objective, etc.). To ask "what came before the big bang" is like asking "What's 10 miles north of the north pole"; it doesn't work that. Trying to dismiss the big bang without learning about the physics and reasons behind its proposal, is like how people 500 years ago said "That's nonsense that the earth is round; I walk around and it's clearly flat, otherwise we'd slip off!"
2007-09-12 01:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi....
We simply do not know for sure, what was here 'before' the big bang event....
There is one thing for sure, not knowing this, does not make the religious correct, in what they believe, stating that: 'this 'proves' that the universe was 'created' by a god'.
There is 100% NO proof for the existence of the 'god' of religions, that is just man's imagination, but there is also no 'proof' for what was here 'before' the big bang!!
The big bang event is a near certainty to have happened, the effects can still be 'seen' today in the universe, forever moving 'outwards' and expanding!
2007-09-12 02:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Paul222@England 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you know you can't get something from nothing then there never was a big bang!
It's a pathetic attempt by science to hide their denial of the reality of infinity!
Until it is proved that the universe has limits & isn't infinite in structure then any theory is worthless!
When the most powerful telescope we have is pointed at a part in the universe at maximum magnification where normaly nothing is visible to discover how big it is & the image seen contains more than 7 thousand more galaxys IMO the big bang theory is stuffed!
2007-09-12 02:08:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is actually a science question and you would receive better explanations there.
We are not sure what preceded the big bang, but it's entirely feasible that there never was a time when there was nothing. We "think" that there has to have been nothing to start with, but there is no indication that this is the case.
2007-09-12 01:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many speculations as to the cause of the Big Bang, however, it is the most plausible explanation about the origins of the universe along with evolution.
Saying POOF everything appeared is unacceptable since there is no plausible proof to support it.
2007-09-12 01:36:21 · answer #6 · answered by Imagine No Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Big Bang started from a very small thing, but not "nothing"... matter/energy can neither be created or destroyed
2007-09-12 01:38:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh no its the big bang thing again, OK to be perfectly honest i don't know why scientists believe this theory, as wasn't it scientist that proved that from nothing came nothing? so how does that work?
2007-09-16 00:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the big bang is in the end a leap into irrationality
nothing comes from nothing
it's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat without a rabbit, without a hat and without a magician
I think the big bang will likely be abandoned in this century as not expalining enough of the data and not being sufficiently predictive... the think stretches and changes all the time and rather than predicting data is more calibrated to the data and claims to be predictive to what it was tuned to
the world has not ex nihilo, it was ex deo
2007-09-12 01:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I was out of the office that day, and so didn't see what started it.
2007-09-12 02:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋