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how does something come out of nothing
how do we have a universe that comes out
of nothing
astronomers believe there are two
trillion galaxies in the observable
universe scientists are still trying to
figure out how all of this arose
seemingly out of nothing
well it turns out if you apply quantum
mechanics to gravity then in fact space
itself becomes dynamical and universes
spaces themselves and time can pop into
existence where there was none before so
you can create whole universes where
there was no universe before and
indeed in that way you might be imagined
creating a universe from literally
nothing
wait our universe popped into existence
from literally nothing there is no cause
for all of this
so straight up nothing no matter no
creator then poof the universe
that's actually the story some atheist
scientists are peddling right now
sounds pretty desperate to me
stephen meyer a philosopher of science
and best-selling author explains how
atheists got backed into this
corner it was generally assumed by most
physicists prior to the 1920s and 30s
that the universe was
eternal and therefore
self-existence that it had always been
here
and really didn't require an explanation
there was one physicist said an
infinitely old universe would relieve us
of the necessity of explaining the
origin of the universe at any finite
time in the past but then the idea of an
eternal universe was challenged by a
pair of surprising discoveries first it
became clear that almost all the
galaxies in the universe are moving away
from us then it got weirder two guys
figured out that generally the farther a
galaxy is from us the faster it's moving
away one was the belgian physicist and
catholic priest jean le metchler the
second was american astronomer edwin
hubble
drawing on albert einstein's general
theory of relativity they then realized
that space itself is expanding physicist
brian miller explains why
let me use an analogy if you have a
balloon and you imagine putting
dots on that balloon to represent
galaxies and then that balloon inflates
what happens is all the dots move away
from each other and dots that are
further apart will move away from each
other even faster and that's exactly the
sort of evidence we see in our universe
this discovery suggests that if you
reverse time like a movie running
backward then all the galaxies would
draw back together to a single point
which led to a conclusion that some
scientists didn't really want to face
the universe has been expanding from a
finite beginning point
where not only matter and energy but
time and space itself began today
scientists call this first moment of the
universe the big bang
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the big bang theory means the universe
is not eternal after all it has a
beginning even more radical the big bang
implies that the cause of the universe
must be something non-material the big
bang shows that all of time matter
space and energy started at a single
moment in the past
therefore whatever started it has to be
outside of time and space you can't
posit a materialistic explanation
because there's no matter there
before the beginning to do the causing
many scientists initially resisted the
big bang including einstein whose theory
partly inspired the idea he really
didn't want at that point in his career
to think about the beginning of the
universe because he didn't want to think
about what would be necessary to explain
the origin of the universe if we're
talking about all of matter all of
energy all of space and time einstein
eventually accepted the big bang theory
but others went on searching for an
option that would fit the data without
requiring an actual beginning one that
grabbed a lot of attention was the
oscillating universe model
the universe would be expanding outward
but then
as the
expansion slowed the matter in the
universe by gravitational force would
cause the universe to recollapse
but once it re-collapsed then by some
unknown mechanism it would
expand again so you'd get a series of of
big crunches followed by big bounces
that theory ran into two big problems
the first was it was discovered that
there was not enough matter in the
universe to cause the universe to
re-collapse and secondly it was
determined by
thermodynamic analysis of the energy
available to do work
would diminish with each successive
cycle it would be kind of like a ball
bouncing to the ground and finally it
would damp out where there's no more
bounces who's gonna get it hey drop it
oh man so the oscillating universe model
was a big fail and actually all the
attempts to evade a true cosmic
beginning ran into serious problems the
evidence for the big bang kept piling on
until most scientists accepted it some
scientists however found themselves
facing serious doubts not about science
but about atheism world-renowned
astronomer robert jastrow didn't believe
in god but he found it hard to get
around what the big bang seemed to be
telling him so there was a beginning
there was a
point in time from which it all started
and that's a remarkable thing because it
has very strong theological flavor to it
and that intrigued me because i am an
agnostic
and if there was a beginning
a moment of creation in the universe
then there was a creator
of course a lot of scientists still
resist going where the science seems to
be leading take physicist stephen
hawking before his death he proposed a
new argument against the need for a
cosmic creator so because there is a law
such as gravity the universe can and
will create itself from nothing now when
i first read that
i was staggered
because it's self-contradictory to start
with because there is a law of gravity
because there is something
the universe can create itself from
nothing that's a flat contradiction
and then to say the universe can create
itself that's logical nonsense if i say
that x creates y roughly speaking i'm
saying if you've got x you you may in
the end get y
but if i say x creates x
then that simply proves to me that
nonsense remains nonsense even if
high-powered scientists say it well what
about physicist lawrence krauss and his
something from nothing idea imagine
creating a universe from literally
nothing you keep using the horde
i don't think it means what you think it
means
because how they get a universe from
nothing
is by redefining nothing krause's
nothing is actually something a set of
laws and mathematical equations that's
the first problem meyer explains the
second problem kraus is nothing involves
the equations of quantum physics and
equations are mathematical entities and
mathematical entities are abstract
concepts always exist in minds
so his nothing seems to imply the need
for a pre-existing mind
a pre-existing mind now what does that
sound like the big bang provides very
very strong evidence pointing to god
because it shows that everything started
all matter times based energy at some
point in the past that means that
something had to start it and that
something had to be immaterial
timeless infinitely powerful and even
personal because only a personal being
can choose to act with purpose but some
people will embrace almost any absurdity
to avoid the possibility of god
you say there are three different types
of nothing that's right what are the
three i didn't know there was such a
variety
a sampler platter you haven't been
rubbing any of that baby shampoo on your
head have you
with the thc in it well no i'm not no
clean no complain
give me a haircut three kinds of nothing
or three kinds of nonsense
if people can convince you that our
entire existence comes from nothing then
it's just a short step to believe as a
product of nothing you are nothing that
all the things you see touch taste smell
think and feel mean nothing because they
came from nothing were caused by nothing
and served nothing but if you and the
universe were created by someone a grand
creative genius the maker of matter
energy space and time then you were made
for a reason your existence means
something you are here for a purpose
for those willing to open their eyes
that's the amazing reality science is
revealing
we are not materialists
we see the human soul
we experience love
we live with purpose
we fight for justice
we are the quiet majority and we will be
quiet no longer
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