What was there before the existence of the Universe?
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God always was, and always is.
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Energy and space-time only -- no matter of any kind, nor any light (the universe at this earliest time was completely opaque)\n\nGod is spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
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Ok friend i will like to give the answer in 2 point of view.\n1)Scientific:As there is no existence of God according to science the number of God is always zero.However for the existence of universe there can't be another universe other than it because if u think of the word "existence" it is defined in such a way which includes space and time in it.That is existence of something means some instance of that event in a particular point of space time structure.But both space and time are limited to this universe.So there is nothing(actually there is no existence of word to describe this) beyond the universe.\n\n2)Philosophically:According to Hindu Philosophy(I have only learnt it and am satisfied)there is nothing name GOD.It's a word that describe the whole thing.What u say "aprior",past,time ,space,universe there is nothing such that.It's only what ur mind reflects to YOU from this universe.This YOU is the GOD.The reason behind it is the simple fact that something cannot be created from nothing it can only change forms.So it exist all the time and including the time.There is no numbers so no limits.But why the YOU feels something which is different from YOU as we feel new experience from the universe. This described as MAYA a camouflage created from that YOU to make the discriminations.\n So there is not many GOD nor one GOD it's YOU God which can't be described by numbers.
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Science has no way of knowing what, if any, conditions existed before our universe began. There are any number of theories, but at this time absolutely no way to prove or disprove them. One of the more popular ideas is that our universe is merely a "small" bubble contained within some infinite Mother Universe. Another theory turns to quantum physics and string theory to try and describe our 4-D universe being "folded" up in a larger cosmos of higher dimensions.\n\nIt wasn't until some .000001 second after the Big Bang that the temperature of the universe had cooled enough (still more than 10e12 Kelvin)for a quark-gluon plasma to form. At .0001 second the temperature was down to 10e12 Kelvin and the first protons and neutrons emerged from the initial plasma
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Yes it all started with dark matter and energy that were under enormous pressure in a molecule and then the big bang was sparked because of this pressure building up. However what was before this and more importantly why it happened no one will ever know. I prefer to follow the scientific explanation of the origins of the universe as opposed to religious ones because it makes more sense and there is proof.
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Before there was any creation... there was Deity and there was "Void and Darkness on the deep"... and on the first day Deity created light and seperated the light from the darkness and the light he called day the the darkness night... and that was the end of the first day..."""\n\nWhat this all measn is that Deity (Deity is what finite man has named as God) existed before any creation was begun... Deity was without beginning and without end...in a dark void... no energy, nothing... no light... nothing... no space... nothing... on planets...nothing ... only VOID... emptiness and darkness... and Deity was the...UNCAUSED CAUSE... torpod, quiecient, omni-present; omni-potential; omni-niescnet.  The prefix omni = all and the word pressent = everywhere; the word potential = withouth limits able to do all things; and the word nicecent = knowing everything.  Remember there is no Time/Space as yet!\n\nGod was "quiscent"... meaning a sort of potential dormancy  a "happening waiting to happen..." and then he ACTED... and upon that one action potential became reality... and it was as if God "took his first breath"... and with that exhale... God's essence or particles filled the darkness and void... and that first breath was "energy" and the first aspect of creation was energy and it was created....and with that first breat of exhalation the creation of (light) energy became an explosion of "light" or energy...which we call the Big Bang... and Deity seperated the light... or energy into "day" = positive energy and "night" = negative energy... and that was the end of the first day.  And upon that action The Uncaused Cause became ACTIVE and EXISTENTIAL = THE FIRST SOURCE AND CENTER of all essence of CREATION.  What Quantum physicists call today... "The God Particle" of creation.\n\nDeity needed essence in order to create... essence that was to become matter... energy, positive and negative as the basis of all energy and matter... Deity went from being dormant to active and his essence fill the darkness and void into energy = (light) both Positive = (day) and Negetive = night) and for that God had matter or His essence to make material reality or Creation of the Universes... = "The God Particle."  \n\nYes and with that action on the first day Deity went from the UNCAUSED CAUSE to the FIRST SOURCE AND CENTER... and recognized hiself from inactive potential to active actual and became the I AM = self-awareness, from existential to experiential. And with the actualization of the I AM = GOD ...and the beginning of Creation, was established the Son of God... the CO-CREATOR, of THE ESSENCE OF GOD... the I AM... and the union of the CO-CREATOR within the I AM begot the union of the two by the mindal molding together by a DIVINE MINDAL SPIRIT that was shared  and made the two a union of one... and that binding... the activation of the DIVINE HOLY SPIRIT was the force that was the seat of all spiritual and mindal reality in the activity in creation of spiritual essence and the third essence of God the I AM, the First Source and Center, the UNCAUSED CAUSE.\nSo from the very beginning they all were contained within the UNCAUSED CAUSE... and the DIVINITY of ALL GOD'S attributes combined into ONE GOD ...the unification. \n\nSo Deity did exist from all time... as the UNCAUSED CAUSE... before there was a man who could with his finite and limited mind acknowledge him and give him recognition, and with the personalization of the Deity by man the term God always acknowledged and put into existence... We are the finite ones... NOT... GOD, THE CO-CREATOR SON, or THE DIVINE HOLY SPIRIT that is shared by the two to make three... as the DIVINE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE source of all Divinity... mindal attributes of spirit, that spirit that we are endowed with at our conception by God and fuse with our physical bodies that create our eternal souls... f
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Either answer would be wrong.  The universe came first.
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At the beginning of the universe, I would imagine.
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There was no *everything* before the Big Bang. In fact, the phrase 'before the Big Bang' is probably meaningless since time itself began with the Big Bang.\n\nAn analogy may be in order. Model spacetime by a \nsphere with time being  represented by going down \na longitude line and space for a fixed time being\nrepresented by a latitude line. The Big Bang would \nbe represented by the north pole. In this model, \nspace expands until we get to the equator and then \nstarts to contract again until we get to the south \npole, which represents a 'Big Crunch'.\n\nIn this model, ask what is north of the north pole. \nThis is *exactly* like  asking what is before the Big \nBang. There is no real answer because the question\nassumes that time exists before the Big Bang, but \nin fact, time is part of the structure of the universe \nand began at the Big Bang.\n\nIn the real world, the spacial part is three dimensional, \nnot one dimensional like in our model (the circles of \nlatitude). Also, it is likely that the universe\nwill expand forever, so instead of a sphere, a \ntrumpet shape may be more appropriate. But the actual \nmodels used by scientists are generalizations and\nelaborations of models like this toy model.
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Before God created the physical universe--none existed.  Only the Spiritual world--a different level of existence.  God has always existed and always will.  That is beyond our ability to truly comprehend.   However, if He could be so easily understood He would not be God.\n\nWhen people try to bring God down to a human level and put Him on par with the physical universe, you wind up with stupid cults like the Mormons.
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no i dont think so. i think is a bunch of hooey. and it also depends on what you believe. how was the universe formed. if you know that you can take that and use it to see what you think about it
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1. before the Big Bang there was nobody anywhere to observe anything\n2. A qauzilionth of a second after the Big Bang, the Universe had already more or less the present size. The entire Universe that is, the visual Universe is always bending into itself (proved by Einstein is his 'Cosmological Considerations on the Special Theory')
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Unfortunately the logic in that link you posted is seriously flawed. It's completely illogical to talk of the universe as "being created", as this implies that the universe exists in time. It fails to realise that time is a part of the universe, and thus the universe has necessarily existed for all time whether or not time is infinite or finite. There is no point in time that the universe didn't exist. The phrase "before the big bang" has absolutely no meaning, any more than "north of the north pole" does. Forcing "common sense" onto the universe is doomed to failure whenever you stray from the common surroundings here on earth. So much of what science has shown about the universe goes very much against common sense or logic. I don't believe in a god myself. A god may or may not exist, but i'm afraid that article certainly isn't proof of it :)
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This "nothing" is what we perceive without the laws of physics. Our universe is limited by the knowledge we have about it. Recent theories (the "M" theory) suggest that endless universes exist, and sometimes they even collide one into other. Probably, out there, beyond the boundaries of 12 billions light years, others dimensions, other plan of existence exist.
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The universe is an indefinite entity.It is bounded by 'nothing' even in the strict sense of modern physics.
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The discovery of  the universe expansion(doppler red shifted spectrum lines) was the source of the Big Bang theory (i think)\n\nBTW: this is a SCIENCE thread, all you Jesus Freak back off!\nthe theory of the Big Bang is compatible with the concept of a god.\nwhat was there before the big bang ..let there be light....BANG.
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We can see the cosmic background radiation. Contrary to what many would say this is not the big bang itself, but the moment the first atoms formed (when protons bonded with electrons) and photons of light could freely travel through space. This happend about 300,000 years AFTER the big bang. The universe was about the size of the Milky Way Galaxy at that time.\n\nWe cannot see before this moment in time. Before this, information in the form of photons could not propagate. The actual moment of the big bang will forever be beyond reach.