RE: Atheism leaves too much room for error.
August 18, 2009 at 10:16 am
(August 18, 2009 at 9:44 am)The_Truth Wrote: 1. there was no matter/energy, time, or space, literally NOTHING. Then the universe started.
(This is incorrect, energy/matter have always existed). First Law of Thermodynamics.
Whether matter has always existed is up for debate, but the Big Bang model states that 13.7 billion years ago, the universe had 0 dimensions (no space, so no matter) and consisted purely of energy.
Quote:2. The entity, known as a singularity, expanded very rapidly. Sometimes this is called an "explosion", but this is misleading. In a typical explosion, matter and energy expand into space. But there was no space to expand into. (You claim there was no space for matter and energy to expand into)
No, he said that calling the Big Bang an "explosion" is misleading because an explosion is where matter and energy expand into space, however there was no space at the beginning of the universe (0 dimensions). Instead, the Big Bang is an expansion
of space and time. Stuff didn't expand into space...SPACE expanded!
Quote:3. Dicke also suggested that our universe may have been created from the remains of a previous one and that infinitesimal amounts of radiation would be detectable if this were so. (Further down, you claim there was a previous universe). therefore, allowing energy/matter to expand.
If he suggested this, then it is speculative hypothesis, nothing more.
