Big bang

What caused the big bang? How did it come out of nothing? And if there was somthing that triggered it, how did substances get there in the first place if no one was there to create them?

Just wondering...

Since you're in the mood to ask unaswerable questions... ask yourself how God created the universe...

And that doesn't mean you can just quote Genesis... the Bible is FAR too vague. I mean specifically explain HOW he did it. What ability did he use? What is it called? How does it work? Do his creations appear out of thin air? Is there an elaborate light show preceding? Sounds? Colors? Smells? Theme music? God had to rest after 7 days of creating, so he obviously expelled some energy. How much energy? How does he produce it?

Once you're done with that, maybe you can explain where God originated from? Wait, I already know that answer... he was just ALWAYS THERE. No beginning, and no end. Right.

So... what he was doing BEFORE he created the universe?

That's not the question I asked. And I ready answers that question. It's not my problem you can't comprehend it.

Ugh it's a theory not a proven fact

You do realise that the big bang is a THEORY right? Scientists are attempting to explain the universe with it, no one is claiming that it is a FACT.

And know one knows the answer to that question yet. That is ONE of the reasons why it is a THEORY.

 
I think Captainassassin's answer is rude and out of place. It is HE that has introduced God and the Bible into this and it is HE that has used the Bible as a reference source.

Nobody has figured out how the big bang occurred or where it came from.

My opinion: Since E=MC², mass (matter) can be converted to energy and energy can be converted to matter. The matter in the Universe was created by an introduction of an immense amount of energy at the instant of the big bang. What caused that introduction of energy or where it came from is something that has yet to be fathomed.

***That's not the question I asked***

You're question is JUST as unanswerable as mine is... THAT IS THE POINT.

***And I ready answers that question.***

...no you didn't... and there were SEVERAL questions. You answered NONE of them, because YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS. So... take a step in the RIGHT direction for once, and repeat after me...

...I...
...D...O...N...T...
...K...N...O...W...

(again)

...I...
...D...O...N...T...
...K...N...O...W...

Get accustomed to saying that. You'll be suprised at how less fearful you become of the unknown.

***I think Captainassassin's answer is rude and out of place.***

If you knew what spawned this questions to begin with, you'd think otherwise.

Time itself started with the big bang. Asking what came before the big bang is like asking what is north of the north pole - the question doesn't have a sensible answer.

Well the whole theory doesn't make any sense to me. How can the big bang occur out of substances that should not have been there in the first place? Scientists should have taken this questions into thought before it even crosses their mind to write it off as a theory.

***Well the whole theory doesn't make any sense to me. How can the big bang occur out of substances that should not have been there in the first place?***

Actually, the big bang describes the very early development of the universe from a near-singularity. It doesn't attempt to explain where the singularity came from - and we may never know, since there's not really any way to examine the very moment that it all started at, let alone what (if anything - if that question even makes sense) caused it.

***Scientists should have taken this questions into thought before it even crosses their mind to write it off as a theory.***

A theory doesn't have to explain everything to be valid. The big bang theory explains the early development of the universe very well, and that's all it purports to explain.

**since there's not really any way to examine the very moment that it all started at, let alone what (if anything - if that question even makes sense) caused it.**

There's a whole book writen about it.

**The big bang theory explains the early development of the universe very well, and that's all it purports to explain.**

because if they would have went into detail any further it would have been impossible to explan without the existence of a higher power.

This is why it makes no sence to me. It has too many holes. I geuss I find an existance of God much easier to believe. Keep on believeing in the big bang if you like but until the blanks are filled in Im not going to have any faith in it.

Thanks for your answers guys-

***There's a whole book writen about it.***

There's lots of books written about it. Fortunately, we have science to allow us to evaluate how accurate claims about the physical world are, and the fact remains that we don't know.

***because if they would have went into detail any further it would have been impossible to explan without the existence of a higher power.***

No, because there's no _evidence_ to build a theory on, and science doesn't deal in unfounded speculation.

***This is why it makes no sence to me. It has too many holes.***

Such as? As I already stated, the big bang doesn't purport to explain the origin of the singularity that the universe expanded from - we simply don't know. And nor do you, or anyone else - sometimes no answer is better than a bad one.

***Keep on believeing in the big bang if you like but until the blanks are filled in Im not going to have any faith in it.***

It's not a matter of faith. For those things that the big bang actually predicts, there is ample evidence that it's correct.

***Keep on believeing in the big bang if you like but until the blanks are filled in Im not going to have any faith in it.***

That's a paradox. If you had all the answers, you wouldn't NEED faith. Would you think evolution was more believable if scientists just made-up answers with no evidence to support them, nor any means to verify them?

***we simply don't know. And nor do you, or anyone else - sometimes no answer is better than a bad one.***

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Hey matt18091

(what I think)

-space is a state of nothing and matter is a state of energy.
-space came from nothing through (some) physical means.
-space and the energy it produced accumulated and was compressed into a singularity.
-the singularity became so compressed that it exploded.
-energy released by the big bang was converted into matter.
-space expanded with the big bang.
-right after the big bang the our normal laws of physics did not apply, which could make room for other factors that might help account for the universe

we know that - space generates energy and - energy can be converted into matter

example of singularities are black holes, black holes crush all of their mass into an infinitesimal region, a singularity.