My Old Testament Challenge

[AV1611VET]

Technically, the Big Bang is still happening. When the bomb explodes, you don't say the explosion finished 1/100th of a second later, do you? At that point, there's still a fireball, still an expanding shockwave, etc. The Big Bang is simply that portion of the universe's expansion when the universe was compact, hot and dense.

So, you're voting NO?

 

[Kylie]

So, you're voting NO?

It is an event that started in the OT period, as you would say, but it has continued into the present day.

 

[AV1611VET]

It is an event that started in the OT period, as you would say, but it has continued into the present day.

So, you're voting NO?

(See why I call these things "challenges"?)

 

[Kylie]

So, you're voting NO?

(See why I call these things "challenges"?)

The challenge is entirely because of your own limited idea. Is your life something that happened in the past, present, or future? The answer is all three, because your life is not a single point in time. Likewise, the Big Bang is not a single point in time. It was taking place in what you call the OT period, it continued through the NT period, and it continues in the present day.

 

[AV1611VET]

The challenge is entirely because of your own limited idea. Is your life something that happened in the past, present, or future? The answer is all three, because your life is not a single point in time. Likewise, the Big Bang is not a single point in time. It was taking place in what you call the OT period, it continued through the NT period, and it continues in the present day.

Well, I'll admit, I did learn something.

To wit, that the Big Bang is an ongoing process; not a single event in time.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Kylie]

Well, I'll admit, I did learn something.

To wit, that the Big Bang is an ongoing process; not a single event in time.

Thanks for the info.

So, I have to ask...

Knowing this, how would you yourself now answer this challenge?

 

[AV1611VET]

So, I have to ask...

Knowing this, how would you yourself now answer this challenge?

Well, I knew what I was asking, when I asked it.

It was the initial expansion that I was talking about, and assumed others would know it too.

So I would say it was an Old Testament event.

As an ongoing process however, it would be in both Testaments.

 

[lesliedellow]

But is it an Old Testament event?

The last time I looked it wasn’t.

 

[AV1611VET]

The last time I looked it wasn’t.

What year did it occur?

 

[lesliedellow]

What year did it occur?

About 13,800,000,000 BC.

I remember it well.

 

[AV1611VET]

About 13,800,000,000 BC.

Wouldn't that be an Old Testament event? covered in Genesis 1:1 by those who believe in the Gap Theory?

 

[lesliedellow]

Wouldn't that be an Old Testament event? covered in Genesis 1:1 by those who believe in the Gap Theory?

You had better ask somebody who believes in the gap theory, but either way, there is no explicit mention of the Big Bang in the Bible.

 

[AV1611VET]

You had better ask somebody who believes in the gap theory, but either way, there is no explicit mention of the Big Bang in the Bible.

No argument there, sir.

And for the record, it's nice to see you posting again!

 

[Mr Laurier]

Hullo AV.
Long tome no see.
Was worried about you.
Glad to see you are ok.

 

[AV1611VET]

Hullo AV.
Long tome no see.
Was worried about you.
Glad to see you are ok.

Howdie, Dan!

So nice to see we meet again!

I hope there's no hard feelings between us, and I apologize for the snarky remarks made toward you.