Beginnings

[KichigaiNeko]

Christians get a lot of "guff" for trying to explain the beginning of the universe.

Mainly because they "explain" nothing

It got me to thinking, what would be your explanation for the beginnings of the universe?

Big Bang theory is the best we have at the moment

Given that atheism is true, how did this universe begin?

This is where you fail miserably. Atheism is a position with a basis built on the lack of evidence & that the "gods" were man made and ergo, do not exist.

Also please keep in mind that science has proven that the universe did in fact have a beginning.

Science has not proven anything of the sort. Science has a theory that holds based on current available evidence. To be honest there is another hypothesis that we are actually living in a Black Hole....I think it was Steven Hawkings .... our best minds are working on this issue but nothing is as solid as childish minds like yours demand

Three leading cosmologists, Arvin Borde, Alan Guth, and Alexander Vilenkin, were able to prove that any universe which has, on average, been expanding throughout its history cannot be infinite in the past but must have a past space-time boundary.

I am unfamiliar with the people whom you speak of.

What makes their proof so powerful is that it holds regardless of the physical description of the universe prior to the Planck time.

This is interesting.

The Borde-Guth-Vilenkin theorem is independent of any physical description of that moment. Their theorem implies that even if our universe is just a tiny part of a so-called “multiverse” composed of many universes, the multiverse must have an absolute beginning.

Why? How did they describe this?

Vilenkin is blunt about the implications:

It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. With the proof now in place, cosmologists can no longer hide behind the possibility of a past-eternal universe. There is no escape, they have to face the problem of a cosmic beginning (Many Worlds in One [New York: Hill and Wang, 2006], p.176).

Interesting. Like I said the theory we currently have is the "Big Bang" but this is not as rock solid as gravity theory. So, should these people be able to prove their hypothesis that will yield a theory then science will change it's stance on the subject.

These ideas have merit but I fail to understand the direction of your argument.

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Are you saying that this abrahamic god never existed?