If the Big Bang is a theory, religion is nothing but fantasy
But religion is pretty resilient because people make money from it, and can fuck children.
In a thousand years, someone is going to dig up a dusty copy of The Lord of the Rings, and fucking believe the shit out of that.
If anything could be believable its the buddhism view, in the sense that our Universe is still accelerating away in all directions, and maybe itll stop someday and start to contract again. And when it reaches the point of having all the Universe's mass in an infinitesimal point, presto, new Big Bang.

And that's why the big bang theory is a THEORY. Scientists think that the big bang was formulation of mass from another universe caused by blackholes. And when a blackhole gathers too much mass, it forms another plane of existence. And this plane of existence we live in is 4 dimensional, 3 space and 1 time dimensions.

semantics, semantics, semantics

"Scientists think that the big bang was formulation of mass from another universe caused by black holes"

Yeah, I'm gonna need you to quote a source on that.
If not, I'll need to call bullshit on this, considering that the multiverse hypothesis is backed by basically zero evidence. It's speculation at best.

It's one of many hypotheses that universes are born via wormholes connecting a black hole in one universe to a "white" hole in another universe, which explosively expands rather than contracting. There's no evidence for it and is not a true scientific theory, it's just a cool idea some scientists came up with.

Do you actually know what the big bang theory is?
Or do you just know it as 'there was an explosion and stuff started forming'

The big bang theory relates time to a dimension and in my favorite spin-off theories they imply that time itself created energy which made strings then quarks then atoms then everything in one large mound until eventually the gravity became so great it started to spasm while trying to contract until it became loose and shot apart (due to protons and electrons being extremely close to each other) which then through the materials out forming the universe

it's pretty awesome and you should go research it because this half ass run down doesnt do it justice

Hey that's cool, and understandable. As someone that has done extensive research into the Big Bang and Multiverse theories, I can tell you that once you delve into these topics you will see how the Big Bang aligns with our observations of the universe. The movement of the galaxies away from a point, the HDF image, the "echo" of the bang we can still hear today in space, all contribute to its validity.

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soooooo, do you only drink dr.pepper? its neither root beer nor cola, no one can be exactly sure what it is

damn, if you are wondering the person said she was agnostic...this was very relevant at the time.....

Agnostic means you are unsure of your religious beliefs.

Agnostic is that you don't believe or disbelieve in God or Gods with out a good amount of proof to support either side.

Too me my problem with this question is the fact that it's a question. In a regular school this question wouldn't be asked in the manner. If it was at someone had written GOD then they wouldn't of been marked down for their own beliefs.
It's the fact that Christians and Catholics tend to shove their own ideology down peoples throats teaching them theirs only ONE answer and that answer is GOD.

Thumbs for you sir.

"Big bang Theory and god are pretty much the same damn thing."

Big bang theory- Universe began out of nothing. Constantly contradicts laws of thermodynamics.
God- Universe began out of nothing from him. Constantly contradicts his own commandments.

The Big Bang Theory and the Creationist Theory are easily 2 very different things. For one, the Time Scale is completely different.

Big Bang Theory: Earth was created over hundreds of years and life didn't exist on it for millions, even billions more.
Creationist Theory: Earth was created and filled with life in the tiny space of 6 days.

I can understand the Big Bang being doubted due to it's extreme improbability and lack of Physical evidence, but the same is true for Creationist Theory. There is no Physical evidence of a SuperNatural being that can do whatever it can imagine whenever it wants.

As for the question "Where did the matter for the Big Bang come from?" well, that's where Linear Multiverse Theory comes into play. A Linear Multiverse is a string of universes linked to one another by time. They exist in the same plane of existence, just in different time frames. It also states that a Universe that collapses on itself (AKA, A Big Crunch) can Re-Explode, giving birth to a brand new universe within it's own time frame.

Every word given above is pure theory. None of it has been 100% proven, because it just can't with the technology of today.

There's a world of difference between looking at the evidence present and from that working out how the first few moment of the universe's existence went about and saying "God made it with magic".
The big bang theory regards very specifically the expansion from the initial singularity, and does not officially explain how it all started. There are hypothesises regarding the beginning of it al of course (Here's a presentation of one of them www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo ), but none of them are even near being supported by such a massive amount of evidence as the big bang theory itself.

There's a huuuuge difference between saying "Here's how it looks like matter and energy acted for the first few seconds of the universe's existence." and going "suppose there's this supernatural being with omnipotent powers..."

If you want to compare the big bang theory to God, chances are you need to read up on the theory.
And if you think it violates the second law of thermodynamics, my previous statment is that much more amplified.
Do you honestly think serious scientists - some of the smartest people on earth with the most accurate knowledge of the laws of physics - would support the big bang theory if it violated one of the most basic laws of the universe?

machineslikeus.com/news/big-bang-beginners-14-does-big-bang-theory-violate-second-law-thermodynamics

Don't tell me you also believe that the theory of evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics?

Why is he getting thumbed down?
This is just an example of funnyjunk seeing something that doesn't agree with them, and instantly thumbing it down.

Keep calm, carry on

no...

Hm, I read wrong. Nevermind then.

its okay.. We all make mistakes.

Metaphor time: Which of these is a fruit?
A)broccoli
B)lettuce
C) Holy Galgelrad -banana of Divine Godhood (Mentioned in Divine Book of Galgelrad (also concidered to be invisible to human eye, unless it chooses to appear))
D) Alien Apple (from outer spaceeeee)

The girl wrote down E) Lemon


Simple, no?

the question is stupid and so is the alternatives. Zeus and Hercules according to the myths didn't create Earth so we can leave them out, but you can't deny that aliens created Earth, because there's just as much proof of aliens as there is of God (none). I think God seems like the most "believable" answer (I'm an Agnostic-atheist), but you can't still say that it's the most correct

Sure... i can see the sense in that. However i dont know if its an american thing, but a test question like this is something i would never see in a normal danish school.

The ''most'' correct answer? What if the student was a muslim?

Yea, the Muslim, Christian and Jewish god are all the same guy. Allah, Yah'weh and Jehovah are the same name in different languages.

Muslims still believe in god, but i see the point your making. In either case its a retarded question.

This is a geography test, which -should- be more about what the earth is, not where it came from.

This question was inappropriate. Children are pretty much forced to chose 'God' regardless of what they would believe, and what is right.

This is sorta like a question I got on a quiz once about what gives a person the most morally correct backbone.

The questions were:
A: being raised Jewish
B: Being raised by a christian midwestern family
C: Growing up in a large city
D: Growing up with a homosexual family.

The right answer was B.

this guy

You know that actually makes sense.

If you go to a Catholic school, they expect you to believe. If you didn't, why would you be going to a Catholic school?

You could be forced to go there by your overbearing parents.

Just cause your at a place doesn't mean you are what the place is for. Or else everyone who went to gay pride parades would be gay.

The education system at a Catholic school is actually better than a public school, and the teachers / faculty / students are so much nicer. I know from experience, but they're not Nazis when it comes to faith.

This isn't OP's daughter. This is a fake test created by some person that also put a "win" "epicfail.com" thing on it.

Yeah, just like the theory of gravity, right?
yes, the traditional model of the big bang is being disputed, but there is still no serious scientist out there who doubts that the universe was at some point a tiny singularity which suddenly exploded outwards.

Gravity isn't a theory, it is a law. Drop something on the ground. Now do it again. There you go you proved that gravity exists. You can't do that with the big bang, because it happened billions of years ago. That's why it is just a theory.

Most of them believe that our universe is part of something greater, known as the multi-verse theory or that our universe did not come from a tiny singularity, but that our universe was formed from the collapse of a previous universe. Using a combination of quantum mechanics and gravitational laws it is quite possible that under the collapse of a previous universe could have caused gravity to become a repulsive rather than attractive force, which then explains the expansion of our universe.

Please, excuse the child for not knowing the more complex details of what the scientific community is currently debating.

I'm just irritated that everyone is taking The Big Bang Theory as given, when it is probably wrong.

I don't think there is a 'probably' when it comes to where the universe is created. Saying probably is sorta like looking into the deepest part of the ocean and not seeing anything below and saying 'there probably isn't anything down there.'

It's something that can't be tested and that we can't possibly know for sure (so far.) Right now, the only information I know about this is that 1: Atoms and molecules can change their behavior based on whether or not they are being observed and 2: Molecules in the air have been observed to 'pop' in and out of existence.

I mean, from that I can't really form an opinion. I wont even pretend I know what the hell is going on.

Let me rephrase. There is mounting evidence that the Big Bang Theory is wrong.

I will take your word for it.

There is a very good Horizon documentry on it, which is made by BBC. I'd suggest watching it - it's a very good crash course in the science of the creation of the universe.

I think I've seen it around. I've been interested in watching it, but life gets so hectic. I really love the 'What the bleep do we know' series.