question for evolutionists

[bonkers]

How does the big bang theorie work? I don't get how an explosion can create something! If you blow something up it would destroy it not create it. And also how can you believe the chances of it forming like that? It's like throwing a puzzle up in the air and just having hope that the puzzle pieces will go together and form the picture!    Please explain this to me. 

 

[ifriit]

Okay, you're looking for responses from scientists, not "evolutionists." Evolution is simply another scientific theory, specifically about biology. You're looking for information from cosmologists or perhaps physicists.

 

[bonkers]

yes thankyou ifriit

 

[lithium.]

Originally posted by bonkers
How does the big bang theorie work? I don't get how an explosion can create something! If you blow something up it would destroy it not create it. And also how can you believe the chances of it forming like that? It's like throwing a puzzle up in the air and just having hope that the puzzle pieces will go together and form the picture!    Please explain this to me. 

The Big Bang Model is a broadly accepted theory for the origin and evolution of our universe. It postulates that 12 to 14 billion years ago, the portion of the universe we can see today was only a few millimeters across. It has since expanded from this hot dense state into the vast and much cooler cosmos we currently inhabit.

The explosion that hurled matter and in all directions. Georges Lemaître propose that the universe began with the explosion of a primeval atom. But the theory of the big bang probably will never be proved.

Ok the reason alot of people believe in evolution is cause there is evidence that back ups the theory. And There is no evidence of any god or gods in the universe, But some people use the Metaphysical (supernatural) to explain things that they don't understand.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

It should be noted the Big Bang was not a traditional "explosion". Rather, it was a rapid expansion of space-time itself.

 

[lithium.]

true.

 

[MacSith]

I'm pretty sure that the universe started off as an infinitesimal dot. I think it came from a virtual particle of some sort...or was the result of a virtual activity. Anyway, the universe would not assemble itself into galaxies and all in a week. That is why the 'fact' that the universe is billions of years old support this theory. It does need some time for things to happen. For order to emerge.

But then again, time is relative...and not just in the context of Einstein's theories. 12 billion years is not a long time. Perhaps only long compared to our punily short lives. Days and years mean nothing. I don't see how a billion years is less likely than a thousand years.

 

[MSBS]

Could someone explain to me what an "evolutionist" is? From the way it is treated here, it there seems to be a lot included in the term besides someone convinced of the theory of evolution.

 

[lithium.]

From dictionary.com.

ev·o·lu·tion·ism Pronunciation Key (v-lsh-nzm, v-)
n.
A theory of biological evolution, especially that formulated by Charles Darwin.
Advocacy of or belief in biological evolution.

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evo·lution·ist n.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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evolutionist

\Ev`o*lu"tion*ist\, n. 1. One skilled in evolutions.

2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. --Darwin

 

[MSBS]

OK, since the definition (it's in the DICTIONAIRY after all) says it is about biological evolution, why do anti-evolution/science people continue to demand that evolutionists answer questions about geology, geophysics, physics, cosomology, biochemistry, et al?  Shouldn't you guys be honest and say that it's not evolutionists you don't agree with, but any scientist that has the audacity to study subjects that disagree with the dogma of your sect? 

 

[npetreley]

The word "materialist" would be more appropriate in some cases.

ma·te·ri·al·ism Pronunciation Key (m-tîr--lzm)
n.

1. Philosophy. The theory that physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including thought, feeling, mind, and will, can be explained in terms of matter and physical phenomena.
2. The theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life.
3. A great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

 

[ocean]

The "DOCTRINE" of evolution? I didn't know evolution was a religion.

 

[lithium.]

its just a theory that almost everyone agrees with. Well anyone that is smart. j/k

 

[fragmentsofdreams]

Unlike a normal puzzle, gravity pulls the "pieces" together into stars, planets, and galaxies.

 

[ardipithecus]

seesaw wrote, in part: 
But the theory of the big bang probably will never be proved. 

In the strict sense nothing in science is ever proved including evolution and that the Earth goes around the Sun. 

But one can demonstrate to within a reasonable doubt. 

The evidence is conclusive that in every direction from Earth was once in very dense.  That is what the cosmic microwave background being radiation from a blackbody tells us.    Either there was a Big Bang or some event very similiar to it. 

 

 

[lithium.]

Originally posted by ardipithecus
In the strict sense nothing in science is ever proved including evolution and that the Earth goes around the Sun. 

But one can demonstrate to within a reasonable doubt. 

The evidence is conclusive that in every direction from Earth was once in very dense.  That is what the cosmic microwave background being radiation from a blackbody tells us.    Either there was a Big Bang or some event very similiar to it. 

 

Yeah I know. Thats why Its a theory.

 

[sulphur]

"what limit can be put to this power,acting during long ages and rigidly scruinizing the whole constitution,structure,and habits of each creature-favouring the good and rejecting the bad? I can see no limit to this power,in slowly and beautifully adapting each form to the most complex relations of life"
charles darwin "Origin of the Species"