Evolutionists think they are so much smarter than creationists because they think they can explain everything rationally and that they don't need faith for anything, just the facts. They say how crazy it is to believe that a higher power just created everything. Well, I would like to know from you evolutionists where the matter and energy came from that caused the big bang?
IndianaJohn
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the flying spaghetti monster
Anonymous
Well, as you've been told, evolutionists and cosmologists are two different sets of people, but an evolutionist (like me) can have cosmology as a hobby, and a cosmologist can have evolution as a hobby.
The big bang was initially an expansion of energy. In the earliest moments, there was no matter. Energy was converted into matter. The initial energy came from a singularity, a place where the known laws of physics break down. There is considerable speculation about the singularity. Stephen Hawking has proposed that the big bang created time itself and so there was no time before the big bang. Sean Carroll has proposed that the singularity came from a pre-existing, eternal, and possibly infinite multiverse.
Neither the science of evolutionary biology nor the science of cosmology has anything to say about God and faith and religion. Scientists follow the material evidence, wherever it may lead. Scientists may have their own personal opinions about religion, and sometimes they speak about them, but they do not speak about religion in their role as scientists. Science itself is silent on the subject of religion, as it should and must be.
Finally, I'll offer my opinion that you know much less than you think you do. I think that what you need most right now is a good dose of humility.
andymanec
You're asking in the wrong section. Evolution is very specific, and deals with changes in life over time. It doesn't even deal with the origin of life (since evolution would have continued in the same way if life had arisen chemically, been planted here by aliens, or created by God Himself). If you're interested in the Big Bang, then you should probably ask in the physics section, since it is more of a cosmological question.
I have no idea where you're getting your information about "evolutionists". I know just as many atheist scientists as I know devout Christians (plus a few Muslim and Jewish scientists as well). Likewise, I know some scientists who are jerks, and some who are good decent people (and a similar spread amongst Christians who reject evolution). You're conflating personal traits with profession and belief here.
Lighting the Way to Reality
Get your facts straight. It is astrophysicists, not evolutionists, who say the present universe came from the Big Bang.
Evolutionists may have an opinion on the Big Bang, but that has nothing to do with their acceptance of evolution.
That the Big Bang occurred is based on a good deal of evidence, but that has little to do with what caused the Big Bang. Nor does it have anything to do with evolution.
There are hypotheses about where the energy that came out of the Big Bang came from, but our lack of knowledge about that source is no justification in believing that Zeus, excuse me, Odin, excuse me again, I mean Yahweh had anything to do with it.
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You mean physicists, not evolutionists. I suggest you try and understand the opposing viewpoint before attacking it, that way you'll look less dumb.
The matter and energy was contained in an infinitely small, dense area that essentially exploded outwards in the big bang.