What caused the Big Bang?
Frankly, I don’t know and don’t care. How can that affect my life? Ok– that’s not fair, lots of things I am interested in don’t directly affect my life. Either way, I am reading a book on it currently. Of course, the author’s contention is that God created the universe. I always wonder when I read books like these, what do the authors mean when they say ‘God’? Is that automatically the Christian God, or just an intelligent being of unlimited power? In the latter case, I have no response except to say that it’s possible, and perhaps to be desired. In the former case, my response is, what about cosmology supports the Genesis story? Either this author has a talent for facetiousness, or he actually thinks they can be reconciled:
After around 300,000 years, atoms began to form as the universe further expanded and cooled. Until then, darkness was upn the face of the deep; but as atoms formed, more space was created and photons were set free to illuminate the universe for the first time; and suddenly, after 300,000 years or so of darkness, there was light.
Hmmm… is that chockful of biblical allusions, more specifically to Genesis, or am I imagining things? What ever the case may be, the book is certainly entertaining.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Photon Torpedoes? (8/18/2003)
- Fast Lane (7/24/2003)
- Nanotech, magic and mayhem (8/3/2001)