Creation vs. Evolution - Big Bang Theory
- Nov 1, 2005 - 31
“At the beginning of time, all the space, matter, and time of the universe was compressed into infinite or near-infinite density (compactness). It began to expand from there. Very early in its expansion, energy in the form of very high-energy gamma radiation condensed into subatomic particles, most of which collided again to produce gamma rays. As the expansion continued, however, the gamma rays became stretched. Once stretched so far, they lacked the energy necessary to produce more subatomic particles. But the density and temperature for a time was high enough to fuse heavy particles together to produce atomic nuclei. This continued until the expansion had dropped temperatures and pressures below what was needed for fusion.
“During this entire period, the universe’s particles were so close together that light could not travel very far before it bounced off them. Not until the expansion separated the particles far enough could the light become free to travel through the universe. Traveling in every direction because of earlier collisions, the light moved ever afterward, going in all directions into space. Billions of years of expansion since this event stretches the original gamma radiation into microwaves. Evidence of such a beginning of the universe would be found: (1) in the large ratio of particles of light to particles of matter, (2) in light elements in abundances inversely proportional to their mass, and (3) in microwave radiation coming in uniformly in all directions. Because each of these expectations is known to be true of our universe, the Big-Bang theory is well evidenced. Because the microwave radiation was a prediction of the theory even before it was possible to detect such radiation, the Big Bang theory is even more powerfully supported … ‘Is the Big Bang true biblically?’ It cannot be true for the following reasons:
- According to Scripture, the universe is only about six thousand years old; the Big-Bang theory requires it to be billions of years old. (Exodus 20:11 – ‘For the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days.’)
- Subatomic particles, the elements, and many of the compounds of the universe were created in a single day of Creation Week; the Big-Bang theory has these things developing over billions of years.
- The Big Bang assumes that the matter of the universe is uniformly distributed. That something is wrong with the Big Bang theory is evidenced by the fact that the microwave radiation has actually been found to be too uniform – more uniform than the distribution of matter in the universe.
- The Big-Bang theories include the unboundedness of the universe and its uniform distribution of matter. The universe must have no boundary. Yet Scripture seems to infer that there is a boundary to the universe. On the fourth day of Creation Week, God placed the sun, moon, and stars within the firmament (space, or expanse) of the heavens (Genesis 1:14-18). Two days earlier He had placed this firmament in order to separate ‘the waters above’ from the waters below the expanse (Genesis 1:6-8). There are many different explanations of just what is being referred to by ‘the waters above.’ When the passage is carefully considered, there is a strong suggestion that all the bodies of the universe are bounded above by ‘waters above.’ If so, the universe is bounded, and this basic assumption of the Big Bang is invalid.”
Adapted from Kurt P. Wise and Sheila A. Richardson, Something From Nothing (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004), 51-53.
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1 On Nov 9th, 2006, at 9:30pm, terry wrote:
Creation week- 6 literal 24 hour periods?
If this is taken literally (I dont care if it was 144 hours or 144 million years, I figure God handled it either way) why is not everything else in the Bible taken literally?
2 On Nov 20th, 2006, at 3:27pm, that girl from that place wrote:
is it possible that god did have a hand in creating the universe, but not what we think that hand was? i mean, where did the singularity, if thats what it was, come from? and where did the beam of supe-hot-what-ever-it-was come from? besides, it cant possibly be what we think it was, because there is proof that people didnt exsit when dinosaurs did, ans it says that god created this universe and everything on it, and the bible doesnt say anything about dinosaurs… and it cant have been 6000 years ago, it had to have been more, becaue all scientific evedence points to the world being at least 8 million years old.
3 On Nov 21st, 2006, at 8:11am, Kinsey wrote:
There are differant versions of the big bang theory. And it’s just that a THEORY not a FACT!! And the bible is a mere(sp) belief so who knows what to believe anymore… But i do believe that God created this Earth. In a matter of days or billions of years.
4 On Nov 30th, 2006, at 3:40pm, Becky wrote:
In reguards to the second comment, contrary to what was said that all evidence points to the billion year old earth theory, if you do your research you’ll find that every single time the “young earth theory” is proven true. No one can deny it. It’s just a fact.
5 On Nov 30th, 2006, at 8:01pm, Kayla wrote:
Look, if it’s in the Bible and you consider yourselve a true Christian it seems to me that you would find it impossible to go against what your Lord says is truth. Yes there is room for speculation about the lenght of a creation day. That also means that there is room for speculation about Jesus Resurrection on the thrid day. I am not trying to downsize the role the Lord played in either of these siuations, but am rather trying to point out that their are some things that sensiblr and knowledge thristy adults simply have to swallow whole without question as to where it came from or what it is. Does it make sense to question the true word of God? Not really? If he says he created the world in 6 days than it is so. There is no room for anyone elses therory but Creation. Since no one but Gos was there to witness it, I think His word ih what us humans should relie on.
6 On Dec 1st, 2006, at 1:16pm, terry wrote:
Kayla, would you use the same criteria for Revelation? Song of Solomon?
To the Lord, a day is like a thousand, etc. 6 literal days? Maybe, maybe not. I dont see either interpretation as unBiblical.
I dont think modern man is the only one to use phrases like “you broke my heart” which is not literally true physically but may well be emotionally.
Just some different points you might ponder.
7 On Dec 2nd, 2006, at 10:33pm, Kayla wrote:
terry,
I would use the same logic in both cases. Song of Solomon is a poem. Poems are notorious for using similies and comparisons. Revelation will take plce in the future and is being described by someone that has not yet seem the mechines of today’s time. Actually, he hadn’t even the machines of my granparents time. That would have been extremly difficult to put into words.
Thank you for your point about the 6 days possibly not being literal and the fact that people in the Bible did use phases such as “You broke my heart.” Not those word exactly, but you know what I mean. These are valid points that do deserve consideration. I would rather think of my Lord being SO powerful that He can create everything in 6 days without the help of 1,000s of years.
Besides, that thory relates too closly to the Gap theory.
8 On Dec 4th, 2006, at 7:40pm, terry wrote:
I have no doubt that God could have done it in
6 milliseconds if he prefered.
It just doesnt seem like an issue to me, let alone a major issue.
9 On Dec 17th, 2006, at 5:35pm, liz wrote:
i personally(sp) believe that God created the earth and he did it in six days. i also believe that the earth is about 6000 years old. i know that some people believe that God is just a “thing” and the world is billions of years old, but if the world was billions of years old then why wouldn’t we have so much more technology than that of which we have now? i mean if we had that much time on our hands then we should be in flying cars by now!
10 On Dec 22nd, 2006, at 7:46pm, Kayla wrote:
I totally agree! Amen!
11 On Jan 3rd, 2007, at 3:07pm, liz wrote:
thanks kayla!
12 On Jan 19th, 2007, at 8:22am, Liz wrote:
I respect everyones opinion on religion,I think however that the bible was written by people who claimed to have heard voices in their head.I belive these people were schizophrenic and were mentally ill.Back when the bible was written,they didn’t know what mentall ilness were,today we are more intelligent and advanced. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion and I personlly do not belive in God, I truely do respect christians and muslims and any other religion that is out there.
13 On Jan 19th, 2007, at 8:27am, lizz wrote:
I totally disagree liz. humans havent been around for billions of years, we have evolved from a certain type of ape why do we have 99.9
n;a which is the same as monkeys and what about the fossil?i belive we were an accident but if it gives you satisfaction to think what you think then I respect you lizz
14 On Jan 19th, 2007, at 11:13am, Kayla wrote:
Liz,
I believe that humans should respect others’ religions, however, you do not. If you truley do respect others’ religions you wouldn’t go around saying that the people that wrote the Bible, our Holy Book are crazy or mentally ill. I find that very offensive and disrespectful. If you believed in anything, and I told you that what you belive is totally false without doing ANY research on it and told you the founders of your religion were crazy, you would probably take offense also.
So if you truley do respect others’ religions than you would do research on Christianity. You would find that not all of the boooks of the Bible are simply rules and history. Although all are inspired by God, some were personal letters to churches adressing specific issues happening in that church at that time.
15 On Jan 27th, 2007, at 3:38pm, Bruce wrote:
According to the article, “That something is wrong with the Big Bang theory is evidenced by the fact that the microwave radiation has actually been found to be too uniform – more uniform than the distribution of matter in the universe.”
That was an early criticism of the Big Bang Theory, but that criticism was refuted in 1965 by Penzias and Wilson’s discovery of variations in cosmic background radiation. These were the type of variations predicted by Big Bang theorists. John C Smather and George C Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics for further research into these background variations.
16 On Jan 29th, 2007, at 11:26am, lizz wrote:
religion causes too many wars and fight as it is.Can’t we just agree to disagree because we all will never change our opinions. can you please tell me why does it say in the old part of the bible that we should burn down none christians villiages and how come god hates gay people?
17 On Jan 30th, 2007, at 5:18pm, Kayla wrote:
Lizz,
In the old part of the Bible or better known as the Old Testament Jesus had not yet died for our sins. Non- christians didn’t exsist yet. The Christian religion did not come around untill after the Christ’s death. Christianity was a derogatory term given to the followers of Jesus Christ by the Romans and Jews. Christians accepted it as a fair name. Followers of the Christ.
As for God hating gay people, He doesn’t. Being gay is a lifestyle, but it is still a sin. After Jesus came a nd died on the cross for everyone’s sins, God was able to look on us and not see the sin, this is after we accept Jesus as our savior, but see Jesus and his blamelessness. God hates all sin. He doesn’t hate His children though, the sinners.
18 On Feb 1st, 2007, at 8:50am, beth wrote:
well I agrree with you god soesnt hate gay people he just hates whtat they do. If i was gay than i would like to know that the all powerful god Almighty didnt hate me because if he did then me and all the gay people would be in a world of hurt. But since Im not gay i encourage all of you to be praying for the gay community. if we can pray for them then maybe god will soften their hearts and Christians can reach them with the word of God.
When people talk about whose right and whose wrong there is only one right answer. Jesus is THE way THE truth and THE life he is not a way a truth or a life. Jesus said that “no man can come unto the father except through me” i believe that with all my heart and soul. If I can make a difference in this world I will definatley try to use all of my strength to make sure that i take someone to heaven with me.
19 On Apr 26th, 2007, at 12:19pm, caleb, The Weasle wrote:
I am in full agreement that in the times before the great flood, dinosaurs and humans lived together. I believe this because it says in Genesis that God created all things on the earth and in the universe. The Bible does tell of two dinosaur-like animals in the book of Job. The leviathan, a giant apparently sea living beast and the behemoth, a massive sauropod like animal who dwarfed all other living creatures. I am in full respect of others opinions and comments and they are entitled to them. This is my two cents. God Bless.
20 On May 7th, 2007, at 11:06am, John Mark wrote:
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I have a few things to say. The first is that when they say that, ““At the beginning of time, all the space, matter, and time of the universe was compressed into infinite or near-infinite density (compactness).” I’ve got to wonder, where did this matter come from? If there was nothing there was no matter. Secondly, why would this non-existant matter expand? Another thing I have to ask is how exactly did this non-existant matter just jump up and decide to create thousands of galaxys with millions of stars? When does matter just do that? Who ever can show me something that is not there expand into anything I’d like to see it.
21 On Dec 18th, 2007, at 12:59am, Nichelle wrote:
i do agree that earth is not millions or billions of years old.. but my question is how do we know how long each day is that God created the earth in? i mean God has no time boundaries so that could mean that God’s one day could be our one week or anything like that. who knows? God is the only one who does. God does wonders.
22 On Jan 6th, 2008, at 7:12pm, Aaron wrote:
First of all liz god does not hate gay people god says hate the sin love the sinner. for the big bang, how can something so abrupt and out of order can go to something that is in order like how our nine planets revolve around a sun in the same path year after year. then the ? what about the people before christianity, what happened to them. if u read the bible it says when jesus dies for our sins he went to hell. and he spoke to the people there, i believe what he was doing there was giving the people there a chance at forgivness. i believe that god is the creator of all things of the earth of mars the sun any other stars we see in the sky. and let me ask everyone this lets say that all these people who say god doesnt exist. what will happen when they die if they are right? noting. now lets say im right. god does exist. his word is the truth. what going to happen to those who doesnt believe in god. HELL. why would you take that chance.
23 On Jan 7th, 2008, at 3:43pm, Bruce wrote:
It was Gandhi (a Hindu) who said “hate the sin, love the sinner.” That is not in the Bible.
24 On Jan 7th, 2008, at 4:38pm, Aaron wrote:
ummm he might have said it but its in the bible where god says he hates all sin the same but he love all of his children u take that how u want to
25 On Jan 8th, 2008, at 10:54am, Bruce wrote:
Aaron, can you give the book, chapter and verse? It would be difficult for me to interpret a passage I can’t find.
Here’s a link to the Gandhi quote: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/36366.html
26 On Feb 24th, 2008, at 12:58pm, Brandon wrote:
Well we see in Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We also see in the New Testament in John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word,and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Evolutionist believe of a spontaneous generation, but if we choose to believe that then where do we get the atmosphere and/or asteroids that crashed into each other to make the BIG ban theory. I believe that God did create all on this earth.
27 On Feb 25th, 2008, at 10:56am, Bruce wrote:
Brandon,
What are you talking about? Do you understand what the big bang theory explains? It explains the creation or beginning of the universe, so there were no asteroids that created the big bang.
Please, read this website (http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bb1.html) and maybe some other good information. When Christians go around making absurdly inaccurate statements about science, they just make us all look foolish. Seek first to understand.
28 On Apr 15th, 2008, at 8:20pm, Alyssa wrote:
Proverbs 8:13 reads: “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward(wicked,corrupt,and perverse) mouth, do I hate.”
John 3:16: “For God so loved the world...”
The Bible may not say exactly,hate sin love the sinners, but there are many verses that basically repeat that. Wasn’t it Darwins theory? didn’t he say on his death bed that he just made it all up? so why keep the theory going?
29 On May 18th, 2008, at 5:59pm, Minister wrote:
Here you go Aaron, hope this helps Bruce, good job Alyssa
Prov 6:16
16-19 For there are six things the Lord hates-no, seven: haughtiness, lying, murdering, plotting evil, eagerness to do wrong, a false witness, sowing discord among brothers.
TLB
1 John 4:9-11
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11
NIV
30 On Jun 3rd, 2008, at 5:44pm, dori wrote:
maby those are BOTH RIGHT it explains BOTH the same thing just ina diff way maby 2000 years ago when people didnt hafe the knowledge of explaining EXACLY what happend they just thought some “thing” a.k.a god created it its just 2 truthhs of the same story
and i read both bible and that stuff about big bang
just.. figure out whats best for u dont fight about it cuz nether of it is wrong
31 On Jun 17th, 2008, at 9:32pm, Brandon wrote:
I understand the big bang theory Bruce. There is different theories on this subject of matter from my point i have heard the big bang as asteroids or gas foring the universe but the Bible proves those both wrong.