If there is no God where did we come from?

Question

Please don't answer the big bang unless you can explain where the big bang came from and who touched it off.

Answer 1

I've posted how the big bang started 3 times already just this morning. I'm done.

Answer 2

I came from my mom's uterus, in which sperm fertilized egg, setting off a chain reaction of cell division and development based on the coding set forth in my DNA. I expect you came about similarly.

All humans have come into existence similarly. Each of us had biological parents and each of them had biological parents.

If you're asking how the universe came into existence, well that's a very complex question and there is no unanimity of opinion, presently. Big Bang theory has ruled for about 50 years, but in reality, the Big Bang theory was less about the Big Bang and more about what happened right after the Big Bang. Nobody really knew what was going on "before" the occurrence of the Big Bang.

New theories are being developed, however, such as brane storm theory in which two parallel "membranes" collided after developed slowly in five-dimensional space over an exceedingly long period of time. There are other theories, like "superstring" theory and "M" theory which try to explain the origin of the universe as well.

It's not something you can really answer in a sentence or a short answer here. You should check out the science section of the library or a Borders. It's fascinating.

Answer 3

Amazing how there are people that actually believe that we came from an accidental mix of chemicals....in the "right" conditions....that became a living organism that multiplies and evolves in complexity to what we have today. The sheer chances of such an occurence and changes from the simple to the complex would leave one to say...."MIRACULOUS!!"

The fact is, the odds for such events to happen are basically impossible. It's like trying to throw lumber, concrete, glass, etc. into a bowl, mixing it, hitting it with radiation, heat, light, cold, etc., and after millions of years you'll have a well built home. This to is impossible. In the end, you would need "intelligent design" in order to build a house....and that's just a simple house. Now look at DNA and the complexities of life. Still an accident? Seems like divine work to me.

Answer 4

Why would we be required to explain what caused the big bang? We don't claim to have all knowledge, but the knowledge we have show the big bang happened. No, we aren't able to say what caused it, but that doesn't mean we can't say it happened.

We can say who touched it off, however. That would be nobody.

Answer 5

I believe that ultimately everything is based on mathematics which is simply necessary truth.

Our understanding of reality is layered. You see the world in terms of large physical objects. But you are aware that those are illusions made up of atoms, and atoms in turn are made of smaller particles. Many believe that these so called "fundamental" particles are not fundamental but are built on a layer of mathematical objects called strings. My belief is that all reality is built upon mathematics and mathematics is what is truly fundamental.

The reason why we see top layers instead of lower layers is due to our inability to see all of the the details in the lower layers.

The reasons for my belief are way too involved to cover here so I will just post a link:

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0704/0704.0646v1.pdf

As mathematics ( necessary logical truth ) is fundamental and necessary it is not created. Existence simply equals necessary truth. Mathematics "just is" because it is necessary and tautologically simple ( Zero complexity ). But Mathematics does not create reality. Mathematics is reality.

The problem with the design hypothesis is your god needs to be more complex and hence more unlikely than the reality you are attempting to explain. Saying your god just is, leaves a much bigger question than you had to begin with.

Answer 6

You might want to talk to your parents about sex. That's where I came from.

And you might want to read up a bit about cosmology and the universe. It didn't go 'big bang -> you'. There were 13.7 billion years in there.

From the collapse of a previous universe. No one set it off. No one was around. Again, 13.7 billion years.

Answer 7

The Belief in God doesn't explain anything about origins. The religion doesn't know where the universe started, so the made up a God that started it, and it doesn't say where the God came from.

Answer 8

we came from the big bang. if you need something to always come before something else...answer this: if there is a god, where did he come from? what created god?

if nothing needed to create god, than nothing needed to create the big bang.

Answer 9

I know things are spinning around for you, but have you noticed the natural things around you such as the sun, moon, and stars; or, the plants, animals, weather, and the seasons. I mean do you think these things are vein, but in fact God made these things for us, humans. God says be still and know that I'm God. Think about how you exist, would you believe that God made us in vein, God forbid, He sent His only Son to die for this whole world, He loves you, man!

Answer 10

What people forget is that God exists on a colinear time tabel. That is that the ending wraps around to the beginning. This is why he already knows the future; he's already been there.
God has always and will always exist.