The Universe and Big Bang

[Esquilax]

I'm always bugged by questions of "what came before the big bang?!" as if that hysterical utterance somehow invalidates the theory, mainly because it doesn't make sense. After all, we're talking about a state of being completely outside the scope of our understanding, here.

Who says time even operates the same way in a pre-expansion universe? Or that time even existed in it? For all we know, the idea of a before the big bang might not even make sense. And that's kind of the problem; assuming god based on our ignorance of what came before the big bang is one giant argument from ignorance, and furthermore, to believe in god just because of that is to ignore all of the evidence pointing to the big bang (cosmic background radiation, redshift, etc etc) in favor of a proposition with no evidence at all, merely because it's culturally extant, and she already wants to believe it.

I'd ask why, exactly, she thinks her unreasoned assumption is somehow a safer bet, given the preponderance of evidence toward the current big bang model outclasses anything religion can bring to bear, and also why she feels that the opinions of herself and preachers are as valid, regarding this question, as scientists who have actually spent their time studying and doing the research to come to this conclusion. If her car breaks down and her mechanic tells her the engine's to blame, would she ignore that because she'd rather assume it just needs an oil change? It's like that: the two opinions aren't equal, here.