A big-bang theory gets a big boost: Evidence that vast cosmos was created in split second

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Penny you seem very dis-heartened today and you are really bringing me down.

I'm sorry it appears that way. I'm in a very good mood today!

[GandD 5,966]

I'm sorry it appears that way. I'm in a very good mood today!

Eat pizza tonight!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Eat pizza tonight!

I had chicken alfredo and breadsticks for lunch. No pizza for me tonight.

[GandD 5,966]

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Rats

I like you. I'd hate to see you skewered from mouth to bunghole being slowly roasted over Satan's fire for eternity. And every once in a while he sticks his pitchfork in you to see if you're done yet.

[GandD 5,966]

I like you. I'd hate to see you skewered from mouth to bunghole being slowly roasted over Satan's fire for eternity. And every once in a while he sticks his pitchfork in you to see if you're done yet.

I too, would hate to see that.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I too, would hate to see that.

You still have time to avoid it.

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

I too, would hate to see that.

That's ....diplomatic.

I like you. I'd hate to see you skewered from mouth to bunghole being slowly roasted over Satan's fire for eternity. And every once in a while he sticks his pitchfork in you to see if you're done yet.

That's quite an incentive.

[Peikko 1,575]

I think it's been decided that time is not linear, it's plastic. There is therefore no need to speculate on 'before' the big bang. There was the big bang and contemplating the speed of the execution of that milli, milli millisecond event is completely mind boggling, but fascinating. I salute the scientists who are able to encompass this in mathematical formula. They are modern heroes

[spookyturtle 9,465]

'Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (then) I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

"Ross, an astronomer by training, was delighted by the discovery of the gravitational waves and told the Christian Post that “The Bible was the first to predict big bang cosmology.” Ross, in fact, is convinced that many ideas in modern science—including the inflationary model for the Big Bang confirmed by the recent discovery—were actually predicted by the Bible. He argues—to the dismay of Hebrew scholars—that the word “bara,” translated “create” in Genesis 1:1, means “to bring into existence that which did not exist before.” Ross has ingeniously located much of modern physics in the Bible, including the laws of thermodynamics and the Big Bang."

http://news.yahoo.com/big-bang-bible-040000314--politics.html

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Seems to me - Ancient civilizations did the best they could - describing / explaining what they saw or were told but could not fully understand / comprehend - having no experience applying the science & technology.

[Pooky 3,783]

Seems to me - Ancient civilizations did the best they could - describing / explaining what they saw or were told but could not fully understand / comprehend - having no experience applying the science & technology.

That's a part of it. Then there's the ages-old human trait of desiring power over others. In ancient writings, of most any culture and religion, there is always the element of control by instilling fear in believers,

In many, that persists to this day.

[JohnR! 5,495]

"Ross, an astronomer by training, was delighted by the discovery of the gravitational waves and told the Christian Post that “The Bible was the first to predict big bang cosmology.” Ross, in fact, is convinced that many ideas in modern science—including the inflationary model for the Big Bang confirmed by the recent discovery—were actually predicted by the Bible. He argues—to the dismay of Hebrew scholars—that the word “bara,” translated “create” in Genesis 1:1, means “to bring into existence that which did not exist before.” Ross has ingeniously located much of modern physics in the Bible, including the laws of thermodynamics and the Big Bang."

Not all biblical literalists take such a hard-line stance. Like Ham, the popular Christian apologist Hugh Ross is a biblical literalist who rejects all forms of evolution: Ross believes that the “days” of creation in Genesis are vast epochs and thus the universe can be billions of years old. Ross heads the organization Reasons to Believe, which is often ++attacked by AIG++ and other young earth creationist groups for having a “liberal” view of the Bible. (http://creation.com/the-dubious-apologetics-of-hugh-ross)

A winner, if there ever was one....