How credible is Darwins Big Bang Theory? Am I missing something? Read on........?

Question

This theory was brought to my notice by a Christian answerer in an anwer to this question:-

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Answer 1

Darwin's Big Bang Theory was something he and Mrs. Darwin practiced on Saturday nights, and it really has no relevance in this forum.

Answer 2

You can believe in both !! Some Christians such as myself do believe that the Big Bang is a physical description of how God created the universe. And that the earth and everything else is billions of years old. And that each species were created by God in different "days". (Biologists are even beginning to reject evolution) And that God created one man and one woman in the Garden of Eden somewhere around Iraq. And later that God saved only 8 people from Noah's flood. But we seem to be a minority. People are here; we got here somehow. But I think that your question is that why the B.B. isn't that a good enough answer ? Because the Big Bang is creation "ex nihilo". (Something out of nothing.) That's impossible ...... for US. We can not zap something into being like Harry Potter. It violates the rules of physics within this universe. If something could be made outta nothing .... we should see that happening ALL the time ! Because .... nothing is in the list of ingredients to make something from nothing. There must be someone outside of the universe in order to violate physical laws that apply *within* it. When you see a watch; you know someone made it. When you see a soda can; you know someone made it. These are simple things. But why is it that when we consider something that is too enormous to imagine (the whole universe) that we can believe that it ... was just made. (Yes, I was atheist for 35 years) I think it's because we don't want to have to answer to anybody for our actions; we wanna do our own thing, and not be troubled by the consequences of what we do. God is eternal ... that means He ALWAYS was. Some things we can't understand; don't strain your noodle on that one ! John 1:1 says, In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) and the Word was with God (Jesus was with the Father and Holy Spirit) and the Word was God. God gives us reason to believe in Him by prophecy. Almost 1/3 of the Bible has to do with Jesus first coming 2000 years or His eventual return. The single most amzing prophecy is Daniels 70 weeks. Daniel said that after a decree by King Artaxerxes to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, then 62 + 7 weeks later (one 'week' = 7 years) so 483 years (360 days per year) the Messiah would enter in the city. And that was Palm Sunday on 32 AD. The Messiah was crucified between two thieves for the "crime" of being the King of Kings one week later.

Answer 3

I've never heard of that either. If Darwin had a Big Bang theory he couldn't get it published in any scientific papers, so I suppose it wasn't very credible.

It's a good thing today's Big Bang theory is based on evidence like Cosmic Background Radiation and red shift.

Answer 4

As lots of people in that thread and here have mentioned,.Darwin had nothing to do with the Big Bang theory.

The Big Bang theory is the best hypothesis we have that's consistent with the evidence obtained by observations of the stars, radiation patterns and other data.

Christianity (like all religions) is just primative superstition. Hopefully humanity will grow out of it.

Answer 5

Darwin had nothing to do with the Big Bang Theory.

Answer 6

Uh, Darwin NEVER talked about the Big Bang theory !

Answer 7

Darwin argued that sex, or at least sexual selection, was the prime driving force behind evolution, so I suppose at a stretch you could say he had a 'Big Bang' theory!

Answer 8

Well he could be referring to Erasmus Darwin. He proposed an osculating universe way before there was a Big Bang theory.

Yes...it was that Darwin's grandfather. But I doubt that he knew that.

Answer 9

If you believe in the Bible why is there no reference to Dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden? Because it is fiction, folk stories passed on through generations of people who cannot accept we are all alone in the universe.
The Big Bang Theory is more acceptable than this folklore.
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Looks like your own Big Bang.

Answer 10

it's a continuation of the earlier questions we've seen; she was not the first to confuse evolution with big bang, but the first I've seen to bring Darwin into it.

Apparently everything they can't understand is all a part of the same "theory;" I guess that makes it easier to tune out, or build dishonest straw-men arguments about.