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The big bang theory has received widespread acceptance within the scientific community, including scientists who are Christian, Jewish, and atheists. Judging from responses I’ve seen on various threads on this and other Christian message boards, there seems to be a split among you as to whether the big bang theory is compatible with the Genesis account of creation.
The purpose of this thread is to give you a chance to voice your opinion and to back it up with data, quotations and data from whatever sources you have found to be beneficial. Please note, however: Since this thread is NOT about the theory of evolution, if you wish to discuss the age of human beings on this planet, it should be related to the big bang theory in some manner.
So what are YOUR thoughts and beliefs about the big bang theory? Is science finally coming around to the Genesis account of creation? Or is it in direct contradiction with what the Bible says? When the Bible talks about the “days” of creation, what do you think it means? Let’s hear your ideas on these and related questions.
The Big Bang theory is more compatible than the scientific position that predated it, Steady State theory. This is the reason some atheists resisted it at first.
It agrees with Christian theology on the following points:
-The Universe is of finite age with a definite point at which it began
-Time and space came into existence along with matter and energy. Therefore, there is no "before" before the beginning.
I would have to say that the Big Bang theory can be in unison with Christian beliefs, because while it offers a reason for the start of the universe (with the right gases in proper proportion, etc, etc.) it can't really explain how they came to be, or how they exploded exactly, which lends itself nicely towards a supernatural event.
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I would have to say that the Big Bang theory can be in unison with Christian beliefs, because while it offers a reason for the start of the universe (with the right gases in proper proportion, etc, etc.) it can't really explain how they came to be, or how they exploded exactly, which lends itself nicely towards a supernatural event.
The thing that caused the Big Bang is called the First Cause, or the Uncaused Cause. It could very well have been God.
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The big bang is compatible with christianity. We can only speculate as to how it happened, only thing we know for sure is there was a big boom a long time ago. For now saying God dunnit has just as much factual support as colliding dimensional branes or an expanding and contracting universe, ie they're all theoritical and can't be proven.
I should add that the big bang is only compatible with a liberal interpretation of genesis. If you accept the big bang then you're open to interpret genesis any ways you like, this could include evolution if you wanted. In this liberal model God is more of an unseen guiding hand than a hands on creator as genesis describes.
the big bang doesn't beg of the supernatural. in fact it is a good job it doesn't, because if one bases one's belief on the fact that the big bang cannot be explained and then it is, well religion is dead.
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