This is information that I have found to be most helpful to
improve my understanding of the Big Bang Theory. If you have something
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section!
The Big Bang Theory is essentially, an attempt to explain
how something came from nothing, with no Creator.
“The theory maintains that, in the instant—a
trillion-trillionth of a second—after the big bang, the universe expanded with
incomprehensible speed from its pebble-size origin to astronomical scope.
Expansion has apparently continued, but much more slowly, over the ensuing
billions of years.” – National Geographic
This is currently the most widely accepted theory for the
origin of the universe. It originated in the 1920’s with a Belgian priest named
Georges Lemaître. He suggested that everything came from one single “primordial
atom”. Edwin Hubble then supported this theory when he observed galaxies moving
away from each other in all directions. Many scientists believe that cosmic
microwave radiation (just like your TV uses) is remnant of that light that came
from that massive explosion (National Geographic).
Next, the theory of “cosmic inflation” was originally
proposed by Dr. Alan Guth in the 1980’s and later revised by Dr. Andrei Linde
of Russia. Cosmic Inflation suggests that instead of the universe beginning as
a rapidly expanding fireball, that the universe inflated extremely rapidly from
a tiny piece of space and became exponentially larger in a fraction of a second
(Stanford News). This idea could provide a unique solution to many difficult
problems of the standard Big Bang theory. In March of 2014, which was like 2 months ago,
Harvard released its findings of “gravitational waves”; according to John M.
Kovac, leader of Harvard’s team, these gravitational waves are “the signature
of a universe being wrenched violently apart when it was roughly a trillionth
of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old. They are the long-sought
smoking-gun evidence of inflation, proof, Dr. Kovac and his colleagues say,
that Dr. Guth was correct” (NY Times). The findings, however, need to be put
under scrutiny. The experiment needs to be repeatable (the basis of the
scientific method) before it is held as truth.
Then comes the formation of galaxies and planets. According
the NASA, there are two main theories. The first says that small chucks of
matter began to clump together to form galaxies. The second proposes that
several giant walls of matter broke off into smaller clumps, which then formed
galaxies, which then formed planets, stars and what not. There is little evidence
to support either theory.
There are a few theories of what came before the Big Bang.
Professor Dr. Stephen Hawking stated in one of his lectures that “The
conclusion of this lecture is that the universe has not existed forever.
Rather, the universe, and time itself, had a beginning in the Big Bang, about
15 billion years ago” (Stephen Hawking).
Two laws that you should understand as well are the laws of
thermodynamics, especially the first two. The first law is that of
"conservation of matter and energy," which states that matter and
energy cannot be created or destroyed. The second law of thermodynamics states
that energy of all sorts tends to change itself spontaneously into a more random
or less organized form. According to this law, our solar system and presumably
the entire universe should theoretically become a completely random array of
molecules and heat in the far distant future. Using these laws, it is logically
to say that after the universe expanded, according to the second law everything
should have become more chaotic, not organized into galaxies, solar systems,
planets and resulting life systems. Most people will have a hard time defending
this line of logic. You can use these
two laws to break up the foundation of The Big Bang Theory.
The basis of the Big Bang is simple deduction. It was
observed that everything in the universe is moving “out” in all directions;
therefore they must have all started at the same point and were pushed out.
From there, science has invented String Theory and other higher physics and
mathematics to help explain the early universe. There are still flaws and the
most important thing is that it is and has always been a THEORY.
Here are some videos that add extra explanation and
information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-yWMuBNr4- a
simple and short explanation of the Big Bang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NbBjNiw4tk- this
video is really informative, but almost 45 minutes long. At about 30min, he
begins to explain the Big Bang and the current theories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_MFhAoUUmQ- a
long and very well-done explanation of the Big Bang and the moments following
(Something you will notice about these videos is that they
use terms like “created”, “forged”, “destiny”, “genesis”, etc.)
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