Creation for non-believers?

Question

I believe God created the universe via the Big Bang, and I believe He created life via evolution. I know many non-believers feel that the Big Bang and evolution have shaped life as we know it, but that God is not part of the equation. How do you think the Big Bang started? Where did the matter and energy come from to create life? Was it just here? And please avoid the 'where did God come from' answers. I would like scientific points of view.

Answer 1

"And please avoid the 'where did God come from' answers. I would like scientific points of view."

No, you don't. You want confirmation of your viewpoint.

Answer 2

From a scientific point of view, there is no evidence to support your supposition that the Big Bang, abiogenesis, evolutionary descent of organisms, or other natural processes were put into place by a supernatural entity.

From a faith point of view, there is also no evidence that it didn't happen.

There are a great number of scientists who feel the same way you do - and that investigation into the natural rules, laws and processes via which our universe runs is also an investigation into the hand of God Himself. They feel that understanding how the universe works brings a greater understanding of how God works.

I don't personally believe this, but there are a lot of scientists who do.

Personally, I don't have much knowledge about the physics around the beginnings of the Big Bang and the universe, so I can't give any kind of scientific explanation of where matter and energy come from. It's as mysterious to me as how my car engine starts when I stick the key into it, or how cold air comes out of my air conditioner. I may not know the details, but I've been reasonably assured that there's someone out there who understands it, and that it's not magic - no matter how much it seems like it to me.

Answer 3

There are a number of theories about this, but none are currently credibly testable. So the answer is, "no one knows." It may be possible to know this however. Currently, we lack the technology to test the various existing candidate theories. It also really does not matter, except in the very obtuse way, that knowledge for knowledge's sake is important. A god really isn't necessary, and physics hasn't even considered a god as a possibility. While such a being could exist, you would still only see the mechanism and not the being.

However, I will give you something to think about. If there is a god or gods, then that (those) being(s) should leave an imprint in the physical data. If the various scripture writers of the world are correct about anything, it is that if there is (are) (a) god(s), their interaction in the world should leave a mark. This really has substantial implications in the world of physics. Such an intervention from outside, perhaps through the purposefull twisting of space-time without an internal physical cause, should leave indelible marks in the data.

Where are they?

Answer 4

if you're interested in scientific answers then you should perhaps address your question to the science section

Not being able to explain the big bang is not evidence that your god exists. You're merely using the god of the gaps theory. Basically "We don't know therefore god does it"

Also the "where did your god come from?" is a perfectly valid reply. You think it's evidence that I personally don't have an answer to where matter and energy came from but you are more than happy for your god to have always existed. It's just weird.

Answer 5

I don't have enough training or evidence to answer questions about the Big Bang, specifically.

I see no evidence to believe the gods existed before the universe, not after, or that they aren't a part of the universe.

I can only believe the theories I do based on actual evidence.
As a biologist, the first several billion years of the universe interest me not.

Answer 6

The big bang originated from the singularity. The singularity is nothing but energy. The energy did not come from anywhere, it simply 'is'. Energy did not come from anywhere, because it is not going anywhere. In order for something to have an ending, it must also have a beginning. Energy does not 'begin', it simply exists.
Everything we know of is nothing more than energy. Period. Energy expands, coalesces, grows and diminishes, but it is still just energy.

More info can be found if you research M theory, Quantum Mechanics and such.

Answer 7

there's plenty of theories, scientific and religious, that attempt to explain the origin of the universe, however, none of those theories can be proven for certain, the universe just IS, maybe God did indeed create the universe, maybe the universe is a result of dimensional folding, I don't believe humans will ever be able to learn for certain the true origin of the universe....

Answer 8

M Theory says it was caused by a collision in the underlying framework of other universes. This still needs to be tested some more, but it looks good so far.

But not knowing would not be evidence of a god.

Answer 9

My belief is supportive of your projection. However, lacking the capability to comprehend and grasp any part of nothingness and infiniteness time and space. My faith is totally in God, with or without the big bang,

Answer 10

If you were truly interested in the scientific point of view, you would read the texts that are available to you.

You are not. You are looking for an argument about god.

Answer 11

I don't know what caused the Big Bang. Possibly a collision between two branes, but I don't know.

I believe that matter/energy always existed. (Based on the first law of thermodynamics)