Thursday, March 07, 2002
Big Bang?
A question that religion answers for us is the origin of the universe. Science also attempts to theorize on the origins of the universe. The most accepted theory in our time is the Big Bang theory. The advent of the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory have allowed humans to see to the outer reaches of the known universe. Current Big Bang theory estimates that the universe is 14-15 billion years old. Some theists use the Big Bang theory as further proof of god's existence. After all, did something come from nothing? An interesting question if for the time being, a pointless one. We cannot know the beginning of our universe in the current science. But then nor should we use superstition to explain it either. Some things we do know, the age of our solar system is 4-5 billion years, 10 billion years after the theorized creation of the universe as we know it. Humankind evolved over a time frame much much smaller than the suspected age of the universe and indeed, our own solar system.
A question that religion answers for us is the origin of the universe. Science also attempts to theorize on the origins of the universe. The most accepted theory in our time is the Big Bang theory. The advent of the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory have allowed humans to see to the outer reaches of the known universe. Current Big Bang theory estimates that the universe is 14-15 billion years old. Some theists use the Big Bang theory as further proof of god's existence. After all, did something come from nothing? An interesting question if for the time being, a pointless one. We cannot know the beginning of our universe in the current science. But then nor should we use superstition to explain it either. Some things we do know, the age of our solar system is 4-5 billion years, 10 billion years after the theorized creation of the universe as we know it. Humankind evolved over a time frame much much smaller than the suspected age of the universe and indeed, our own solar system.
