how do creationists "debunk" the existence of cosmic microwave background radiation caused by the big bang?

Question

if you agree with the big bang theory, then you agree the universe is over 13 billion years old right? now im talking to creationists, not normal christianity.

Answer 1

I don't think they DO, successfully, but see the source article for one creationist's viewpoint.

Answer 2

They don't! Cosmic microwave background radiation points to the fact that the universe had a beginning. The 'big bang" points to a Creator and the universe is not eternal as was believed by many. Science alone cannot explain what, if anything, existed before the Big Bang — or what caused it. Nor can it account for the incredible complexity of the universe, or the amazing 'appearance of fine-tuning' in the universe — and especially on earth, where life exists and thrives!

Answer 3

The microwave background is not from the time of the big bang. The microwave background is from a time shortly after the big bang. There was a time when the universe was so dense and hot that electromagnetic waves could not penetrate very far before encountering something that would block the progress of the wave/photon. When the Universe had expanded sufficiently and sufficient numbers of particle anti-particle pairs had annihilated themselves the electromagnetic waves were mostly equivalent to a particular temperature. The waves were everywhere going in all directions. The Universe has continued to expand over the several Billion years since that time. The waves that are arriving now have had their wave length made longer as they traversed Billions of light years of the expanding universe from someplace that was a long way from where we currently are.

Answer 4

I don't see what they have to. While still a theory, the measurements of CMB offer strong support to the Big Bang theory. But why is this mutually exclusive to creationism? The very idea of Creationism is that the universe had to start somewhere. Why not with the Big Bang? I guess the twist would be that God or some other being or force was responsible for the Big Bang. But they could both be true.

Answer 5

We don't need to. You are trying to make the claim that a sort of big bang contradicts the Biblical account which it doesn't at all. In fact it might even support it.
Also, how the heck would scientists know what sort of radiation would be given off. They have never even seen anything close to what they are theorizing. I bet in 20 years the theory has changed quite a bit. I am not saying they are wrong, as I would not be offended if they are right, but I do think it is funny that you just tried to use that argument.

Answer 6

I will accept the existence of cosmic microwave radiation. I would say that the big bang is a theory on how it got there, and not a particularly good one, either.

Answer 7

You gotta love dapper napper's version of God (above)... a being who would create things in the universe just to fool people into disbelief... then damn them for disbelieving.

That's the same god who planted the dinosaur bones I guess. LOL

Actually, though I am not a creationist, I can reply for them: just because God 'created' everything' doesn't mean we understand the mechanism by which she did it. For all we know, she created the universe with the Big Bang. I'm just saying: there's room in both theories for the other.

But I am playing devil's (or god's) advocate here. I believe the religious version of the creation is a big wonder-myth invented by primitive people to deal with the inconceivable;
and anyone who still clings to it is afraid of larger truths.

Answer 8

The first question you should research and answer for yourself is, How did God create the Universe. I'm sure you are wondering, What is this guy talking about. However, if you intelligently read Genesis, some questions should appear to you that might cause you to doubt some of your anti-christian beliefs.

Answer 9

Christians don't 'debunk', in the Christian's mind God just created everything and science CAN NOT apply to debunking what they know to be fact.

I'm glad I've seen a few questions lately about the CMB.

Answer 10

There is no way possible (unless God himself allowed it to happen [which he didn't]) that an explosion could have caused all these wonderful things to occur. Take us people... we are so complex! We have a heart and lungs that don't require any thinking to work. We have differnt colr hair, and fingerprints... it's like that old saying, "No two snowflakes are alike"
Only the intervention of a Greater Being could create such elaborate details.

Answer 11

its only non-believers that are trying to debunk anything. but just for fun here is your big- bang theory.
1. before their was anything their was nothing.
2.from this nothing formed something.
3.all this something got condensed into this little tiny BALL about the same size as this period. (.)
4.then from no energy formed this energy. and the little BALL began to spin.
5.then the little BALL span so fast that it exploded into millions of great big BALLS.
6.then all the great big BALLS started to spin around each other.

now its gets good !
7. all the BALLS were made of rocks, and from out of nowhere it started to rain.
8.and it rained for millions of years.
9.then the rain and the rocks made ooze.
10. and from out of the ooze. everything you see on this planet was born.

i don't know about you but, it takes a lot of faith to believe that!
seems like it takes alot of BALLS to belive that