Why I Don't Sign-up For The "Big Bang"
Growing up like many other Christians in America I learned about creation at Church and the "Big Bang" at school. Since these two ideals are mutually exclusive and I was a nice boy I never wanted to dig into what they both said because my faith might get torn down. A few years ago I decided that I needed to dig into what they both really said, what that meant, how they played out, and who were the people supporting each side. What I found surprised me. When it came to the "Big Bang" I learned that I don't sign up for what it actually says. So, it's not a matter of creation over the "Big Bang" but that I don't agree with the "Big Bang". Let me try to explain...
For many people it's a matter of faith. Not the Christian or religious kind but the faith in people. Some people have more faith in the authors of the bible than scientists today. Others have more faith in scientists today than the authors of the bible. So, they sign up for the side they have more faith in. There can be a lot of reasons for this faith but this is the root of it. I try not to be one of these people.
The bible says in John 20:29, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." Sadly, I am too often the person who needs to see to believe. But, it has provided some valuable insight that can help others.
The reason I don't sign up for the "Big Bang" is that it's rooted in belief and not science. I'm not saying that it's not about science but that the root is belief and a belief that I don't agree with.
A Picture of the "Big Bang"
Scientifically speaking the big bang, at a really basic level, is some inputs to general relativity that provide a solution of the "Big Bang". The picture bellow illustrates this.
This basic picture illustrates what makes this appealing to so many science lovers and geeks. This looks fairly straight forward and simple to sign up for. But, lets take the level of detail on the inputs to another level. The picture below shows where it gets messy.
As you can see, there are two types of inputs. The first are the ones we can see, can observe, and are repeatable. This is that scientific data we can gather. But, with all the scientific abilities we have there are details that General Relativity demands to produce an output that we just don't know. So, the scientists fill in those details with what they believe about the universe. It's not about what they know and it's not about going over all the plausible inputs.
Hawking and Ellis
Don't believe me? Lets look at what Stephen Hawking and George Ellis wrote in their book The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time.
However we are not able to make cosmological models without some admixture of ideology.
Reading further what they say we can see they are open, admit what their ideology is, and state that it's an input into their cosmologies. Though, their ideology is in direct contradiction with the Christian ideology. Their ideology feeds the assumptions that make up the unknown inputs. So, put simply I don't agree with their unknown inputs to general relativity which means I don't agree with the "Big Bang" output.
You can't fault them. They are doing this in an upright manner. They are open and transparent about their ideology. They are open and transparent that it affects their principles and theories. And, they publish their work. But, that doesn't mean you have to agree with them. I certainly don't.
