RE: The Historical Jesus is real and He rose from the grave
March 31, 2014 at 5:43 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2014 at 6:13 am by Alex K.)
I can see exactly what I said I can see. It's not the "big bang" if by that you mean some kind of initial singularity, but that doesn't exist anyways - but what I can see is a state where the entire visible universe is a red-hot plasma, before any structure was formed. I would say that is good enough to shut up religiously motivated opposition to the entire big bang cosmology thing, don't you think?
Observing the big bang itself is a bit meaningless if you mean by that a moment in time, because the word itself is not really well-defined. What do you mean by it? If you mean by big bang the process of the universe expanding from a very dense hot state 13.7 billion years ago, yes we can observe it directly. If you mean any particular time or event earlier than CMB, we can't observe it using direct light, because it is shielded by the plasma. We can still observe primordial element abundances as direct messengers from an earlier time, but the "seeing the big bang" metaphor wouldn't be as straightforward.
Observing the big bang itself is a bit meaningless if you mean by that a moment in time, because the word itself is not really well-defined. What do you mean by it? If you mean by big bang the process of the universe expanding from a very dense hot state 13.7 billion years ago, yes we can observe it directly. If you mean any particular time or event earlier than CMB, we can't observe it using direct light, because it is shielded by the plasma. We can still observe primordial element abundances as direct messengers from an earlier time, but the "seeing the big bang" metaphor wouldn't be as straightforward.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
