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<blockquote data-quote="Tiger" data-source="post: 135015" data-attributes="member: 353"><p>You’ve made a common error in suggesting that the Big Bang theory “has nothing to say” about <em>t = 0</em>, and in doing so, you inadvertently confirm the deeper problem: <strong>you’re left with no mechanism to explain why the universe exists at all</strong>. The singularity theorems of Hawking and Penrose don’t merely label a moment as <em>t = 0</em>—they demonstrate, under general relativity, that <em>time, space, matter, and energy all came into being at that point</em>. There is no “before” in physical terms, because <em>time itself</em> begins there.</p><p></p><p>The crucial issue is not semantics but <em>causality</em>. Once time begins, <strong>you cannot appeal to physical causes</strong>, because causality in physics is <em>temporal</em>. You therefore need a cause that is <em>outside of time and space</em>, which means non-physical, immaterial, timeless, and enormously powerful—i.e., a metaphysical cause. This strengthens, not weakens, the classical argument for a Creator.</p><p></p><p>Now to your claim that there was some “hot dense state” before the Big Bang: this is speculative at best and incoherent at worst. A “hot dense state” requires energy, and energy presupposes spacetime structure and physical laws in which it can exist and interact. But <strong>those laws and that structure didn’t exist before the Big Bang</strong>. You’re smuggling in physical realities without accounting for their origin. You cannot have temperature or density without time, space, and matter—and those came into being <em>with</em> the Big Bang. You’re effectively suggesting that<strong> physics existed before the framework of physics existed</strong>. That’s not science—it’s <strong>science fiction.</strong></p><p></p><p>Finally, when someone says, “I don’t believe the Big Bang because I don’t believe something came from nothing,” that <em>is</em> a valid philosophical objection—not to the Big Bang as a <em>model of cosmic evolution</em>, but to the <strong>materialist interpretations of its origin</strong>. If your version of the theory assumes a self-caused universe emerging from literal nothingness or an unexplained pre-physical quantum foam, it’s entirely rational to reject that as <strong>metaphysically absurd</strong>.</p><p></p><p>The Big Bang is a <em>what</em>, not a <em>why</em>. And once we ask “why is there something rather than nothing?”, materialism has no answer—because <strong>only minds create reasons.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiger, post: 135015, member: 353"] You’ve made a common error in suggesting that the Big Bang theory “has nothing to say” about [I]t = 0[/I], and in doing so, you inadvertently confirm the deeper problem: [B]you’re left with no mechanism to explain why the universe exists at all[/B]. The singularity theorems of Hawking and Penrose don’t merely label a moment as [I]t = 0[/I]—they demonstrate, under general relativity, that [I]time, space, matter, and energy all came into being at that point[/I]. There is no “before” in physical terms, because [I]time itself[/I] begins there. The crucial issue is not semantics but [I]causality[/I]. Once time begins, [B]you cannot appeal to physical causes[/B], because causality in physics is [I]temporal[/I]. You therefore need a cause that is [I]outside of time and space[/I], which means non-physical, immaterial, timeless, and enormously powerful—i.e., a metaphysical cause. This strengthens, not weakens, the classical argument for a Creator. Now to your claim that there was some “hot dense state” before the Big Bang: this is speculative at best and incoherent at worst. A “hot dense state” requires energy, and energy presupposes spacetime structure and physical laws in which it can exist and interact. But [B]those laws and that structure didn’t exist before the Big Bang[/B]. You’re smuggling in physical realities without accounting for their origin. You cannot have temperature or density without time, space, and matter—and those came into being [I]with[/I] the Big Bang. You’re effectively suggesting that[B] physics existed before the framework of physics existed[/B]. That’s not science—it’s [B]science fiction.[/B] Finally, when someone says, “I don’t believe the Big Bang because I don’t believe something came from nothing,” that [I]is[/I] a valid philosophical objection—not to the Big Bang as a [I]model of cosmic evolution[/I], but to the [B]materialist interpretations of its origin[/B]. If your version of the theory assumes a self-caused universe emerging from literal nothingness or an unexplained pre-physical quantum foam, it’s entirely rational to reject that as [B]metaphysically absurd[/B]. The Big Bang is a [I]what[/I], not a [I]why[/I]. And once we ask “why is there something rather than nothing?”, materialism has no answer—because [B]only minds create reasons.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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