I've just read a question saying that the big bang never occured and there were loads of people agreeing with whoever said it.  I thought we had left behind the days of believing the earth was flat etc.  Is this really what they teach in America?  Is there anyone who agrees with me?  If not I'm going to stop using this site as I'll know its just bible bashers using the site to preach nonsense to weak minded fools.
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Dude chill it's just those bible thumpin jesus freaks trying to prove god exists.
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I think it's a bunch of crap, people are terrified to believe in a higher power. There was no big bang... there was God and he wanted life on earth, so there you go.
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Though I do agree with you, people who are atheists or agnostics will try to give a theoretical explanation as to how they believe the earth came into existence without God. They would, of course, be deceived because even if we boil all of the "what if's" down to the Big Bang theory, you still have one very important question, "Where did the molecules come from?" Even science has to admit that something can't come from nothing. So, there would have to be a something, or more accurately, a Someone, who is intelligent, creative, and powerful to have created our entire universe.
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i don't understand why some atheists think that the existence of dinosaurs is some huge earth shattering knock against the bible.  yeah they existed.  do you have a point you are trying to make?\n\nedit: dude, you think penn and teller are funny?  what's next, pimping carrot top?
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Sounds like the desperate are trying something new to disprove the Bible because they figured out it is not working. No big bang, no evolution, no string. Just God created, divinely made, intelligent design, 7 days of creation that is it no other explanation, JUST GOD.
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I asked too, and was told he has always been present, which scares me and answer a lot of questions.  I guess he was around forever.  He was the one who created everything like, dinosaurs, etc. So I guess he got better along the way and created man and we have been here every since.  WOW!  I never thought of it that way.  Still confused, I am on a mission know.  To be honest I don't think we are going to get a straight answer because that will prove the true existence and challenge everything that we believe.  Imagine what would become of the world if we found out this was all a farce to keep most of us straight.  It is because of religion that we are doing okay today, of course man has rules. laws, and regulations for the ones who are non-believer's and the slackers. That would open up another Pandora's Box.  WOW!
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at a younger age, yeah, it was because i was "taught."  at this age, 44, it's because logically there is no other explanation out there....the big bang...well, where did that come from?  nobody has actually DISPROVEN the existence of God to me just yet.  i practice wicca, which is a totally subjective and personal religion for me.  i choose my "church" and my "altar" and my time for reverance to God and all that He has created.  i believe because it is logical and makes sense.  yes, i believe in Jesus Christ as well, based on facts that have been submitted that prove He existed as well.  i can't cite the sources at the moment, but my desert years gave me the faith i needed.  hope this helped!  blessed be!
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There is no answer to this question within the context of which it is asked.  The theory that the universe is finite but boundaryless is groundless at best having been built from many accepted, yet untried, pre-existing theories of the universe.  \n\nThis theory should be more approprately viewed as the culmination of everything we do not know about the universe, and is tied entirely to a singular perspective. Yet it is accepted as fact by many within the scientific community and elsewhere.\n\nBased on our current technological capabilities and observations of the universe we have no business asking science this type of question.  In turn it is irresponsible of science to supply any type of response with conviction and confidence.  \n\nTheories such as this one are no different than the assertions of any religion;  they require an enormous amount of faith to be accepted.\n\nBottom line:  your guess is just as good as anyone's.
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The quran actually mentions the big bang.\n\nThis is very accurately described in the Quran which was reveiled 1400 years back.\n\n"Do not the unbelievers see that the skies (space) and the earth (matter) were joined together (as one unit of creation) and we ripped them apart?" The Quran, 21:30 \n\nTake a look at the question below. I hope it helps.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AqiEYH26wif5Y_050ubPFRkjzKIX?qid=1006051713501
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People like my Mom think that either 1) scientists are mistaken or 2) there's a giant conspiracy that all of the scientists are in on to try to disprove God.  It's ridiculous if you ask me, and I'm a Christian who totally supports the notion of evolution.  One doesn't exclude the other, but watch, all of the Christians who have never studied evolution and merely taken their pastor's word will give me a thumbs down.
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Excellent post.\n\nI get quite tired of the strawman versions of evolution and the scientific method trotted out by creationists.\n\nFor example, the big bang has nothing to do with evolution.  Zero.  \n\nWhere the first life form came from has nothing to do with evolution.  Zero.\n\nA theory is simply the best explanation for observable data.  We witness the diversity of life around us, and we must explain it somehow.  It is NOT meant to be proven.  Theories, in general, are not intended to be proven.\n\nFor example, gravity is a theory.  Is gravity false?  No.  Does gravity follow certain rules?  Absolutely!  Yet it is still a theory, and there ain't nothing wrong with that.\n\nYou well noted that some mechanisms of evolution are still not completely understood.  The theory, while perfectly valid, is not completely explained (just like gravity).  However, what creationists must keep in mind is that if any theory is going to replace evolution, it must explain ALL the evidence and data we have collected.  Genetics, fossil record, geological record, geographic isolation and allele frequency shift.\n\nAt the very best creationism (or ID) only points at the parts that science has not explained.  It offers no real alternative theory.\n\nLastly, the idea of "proof" for a "miracle" (meaning God's flooding of the earth) is oxymoronic, at best.  If there is proof (meaning observational data we can see today) then there is a natural explanation and God had nothing to do with it.  If it was a miracle, then there would be no evidence (since God suspended natural laws to make it happen).  Silly Christian fundamentalists, they want to have their cake and eat it too.
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It is not known what came before Big Bang, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with a supernatural being. Big Bang and God cannot harmonize, to attempt such would require the bible to be false. Stand up for what you believe in, or discard it is an ancient fad, for crying out loud!
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Nothing from the bible has been proven except obvious things (the sun rose that morning lol). There's much better explanations for nature and the workings of the universe than the bible has ever given. EVIDENCE and FACTS point towards things VERY different than those written in the bible. It's vastly outdated and filled with lies and things we should long have forgotten.
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I too am shocked at the amount of misunderstanding and especially the amount of animosity. I know many esteemed scientists (including anthropologists and geologists) that have no problem being religious and believing in evolution. If you search the internet you will find many websites giving completely non-factual descriptions of how istopic dating works and using the small amount of uncertainty to claim it refutes all sorts of science. I have even seen attempts at disproving the sedimentary record of the Grand Canyon using this. Never mind that these self-described experts have no qualifications to evaluate these things. In my opinion they are motivated by greed and not altruism. Debunking science seems to have become a cottage industry for what I consider pseudo-religious crackpots. \n\nI think the source is a recent trend as I don't remember this hostility in the 1970's or 1980's. There are now television programs that are done professionally and broadcast daily (TBS) that try to refute all sorts of science using PhD's of theology to describe why carbon dating doesn't work, and even to refute things like dinosaur trace fossils by citing the rate of diagenesis in carbonate rocks. There is a constant problem in Texas where the creationists try to remove and destroy fossils whenever a new location is found. \n\nThe mainstream media doesn't help because the reporters and editors appear to be poorly educated in science. I recently watched a CBS Sunday Morning news piece comparing evolution and intelligent design and to my horror they constantly referred to both as scientific theory- effectively equating them as equal in status to millions of viewers. They hardly even mentioned that ID is not science and that it will never qualify as scientific theory. \n\nThere seem to be so many people who never learned the scientific definition of a theory that it becomes easy to confuse the public by implying that anything labeled as a theory is only a conjecture, and I think with this weakness that far too many people decide evolution can be dismissed as unreliable and unproven. I almost wish science would create a new terminology to replace the word 'theory' in order to clear up this semantic confusion. \n\nI have been very impressed by the magnitude of this problem by watching Yahoo Answers. As a former science teacher I am very disappointed that at least part of it seems to come from many young participants. I had hoped they were getting a better education in science, and at the very least had learned better reasoning skills.
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For your theory to work some 'thing' must exist before the Big Bang event and in which it could occur. Science has found absolutely no evidence whatsoever that any 'thing' preceded the Big Bang.
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It sounds like a world in the book "wrinkle in time" where the world is controlled by "IT." Divirsity is good because ideas pop up faster. And i do not believe god created the earth. Everything has a scientific explanation, but i thing god created the big bang.
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I like your spirit. Keep it up!!\n\nAfter reading a few of the answers I can't help but break out in laughter. Is this 2006? or is it before Renaissance?\nMight I mention a few things: radio carbon dating, cosmic background radiation, speed of light, distance of some galaxies from us, the time to form heavy elements from hydrogen, half life of uranium...\nI think any one of these things will prove the age of the earth. Incidentally, the Hindu scriptures, Vedas are about 6000 years old. The last ice age ended 13000 years ago...\n\nI can't believe these same people boast about space travel. LMFAO.\n\nIncidentally for the person who said something about matter and energy. No matter and energy can't be created or destroyed. Matter and energy are actually the same thing in different forms. One is a more stable form, the other is a transient form.\n\nAnd the person who said the Bible is the truth. Well the bible didn't arrive by fax from heaven. It was written by men. The laws of physics, on the other hand, was written by God. Scientists merely discover them.