The Origins of the Universe

[Paleophyte]

But that *isn't* the modern description. There was no 'combining' and then 'splitting apart'.

Expanding can be described as splitting apart. Something is expanding, after all.

Yes, it's called space-time and splitting it apart is a bad idea. Your post hoc shoe horning of scripture into cosmology is starting to get desperate.

You should bear in mind that the Qur'an is conveying the account of creation to people who lived in the 7th century. So the words that one should expect should mean something that these people can relate to.

Then you should probably bear in mind that neither Big Al nor Mo were trying to tell these 7th century nomads one bloody thing about the Big Bang.