When did space form?

Answer 1

Creator of the UniverseThe big bang theory. Unexpecting WorldMany religions believe that God revealed the universe, or the Big Bang had some previous releases of matter.

Gods creation (THE UNIVERSE)is unto a picture, it has similarities and patterns. It is as a picture painted by an artist. One looks upon paintings of different artists and can see these similarities and patterns, which tells the trained eye, it was painted by the same artist.In this case of the universe, God is the artist.

Man seeing these patterns, and not willing to accept them as gods, uses the evolution to explain them. Otherwise the question where these patterns came from would remain unanswered, omitting god.

Therefore seeing these patterns and not being able to explain them, keeping god out of the picture, He uses evolution , as mans answer.

But an artist does not have to repaint picture one to get picture two, yet man seeing these patterns, and not accepting creation, states picture one evolved into picture two, to make the answer acceptable within the laws of the universe.

Another example, lets take the word nature.It is used as mans way to replace god. Rules and regulations that govern the universe, that man in all his knowledge cannot change or even can understand. If this is so, knowing a power greater then we exists, and controls these laws and regulations, its the proof of a living god.

More proof of this, Enstein, his theories proven, Matter per say, in our knowledge, cannot be created or destroyed. Matter can be converted to energy, and energy into matter, but the total amount of matter and energy in the universe remains the same.

If you take a match,and burn it, and were able to capture the light, heat, smoke, and ash, it would equal what you started with. Knowing this and looking to Enstein E=mc2.

Energy=matter X speed of light squared.This equation E=MC2,is used to measure the energy formed when matter is converted into energy. It proves a creation or start. This is proven in the making of the A and H bombs.This proven fact shows matter cannot be destroyed only changed or converted in mans knowledge, according to the rules as ser forth by god for man.

Using plutonium to make a bomb,the splitting of this atom to make 2 other atoms of lesser atomic weight, the difference converted into energy according to e=mc2.

Using heavy hydrogen and fusion, two heavy hydrogen atoms (H2) into helium (H3), we make the h bomb, the lost proton converted into engery according to e=mc2.

If this is proven, and man measures quantums of energy and matter, how can we state as we do, that is, those not believing in creation and god, the beginning just came into being, and evolution took care of the rest.

If you take the smallest breakdown of an atom, it is as complex as man himself.

How can one accept all matter and energy was there at the beginning. We in our knowledge know man cannot create or destroy matter.The big bang theory for the universe therefore is wrong. Where did the matter come from, that exploded.

Now that we have proven that man and so called evolution did not cause what is, to exist. This is what happened. God created matter, and created energy or light.

The Bible states in the beginning god made the heavens and the earth, and he said let there be light. Therefore a creation occurred, and this universe is gods handywork, and we are the product of his creation . What came first is unimportant, for if one has the knowledge to create matter, one can create energy since they are interchangeable. He does not need one to change into the other,as man does, only man is bound by gods rules, god is not. He created these rules.The universe and Man are bound by these laws,proof of a living god. Man cannot restrict gods creation and power.

AnswerThere is an emerging collection of theories called "Membrane Theory". There are certain properties of gravity that are difficult to explain. As it turns out, these properties can easily be explained if we fit it mathematically into the current 11-dimension structure theorized for the universe. We know that there are many dimensions beyond the obvious 3, and that they exist at very small scale on the quantum level. This structure has given rise to Membrane Theory, which holds that our universe is actually a membrane in the 11th dimension. It is theorized that possibly, our universe came into being as a result of the collision of two already existing membranes in the 11th dimension. The collision was in effect our Big Bang. This theory opens up wonderful possibilities about all kinds of things happening before our humdrum Big Bang. From a Buddhist Perspective:The Big Bang Theory is posited by an array of qualified scientists upon discovery based around "theoretical" approaches in physics. It certainly has plausibility considering it's such a talked about phenomenon between scientists and people of religious backround. In the grand scheme of things the universe is comprised of matter and energy. If we were to to break down matter to it's most infintesimal form one would encounter particles introducing the concept of quantum mechanics. The principles of quantum mechanics evolve around the concept that particles move freely under any given situation, meaning one cannot measure or perhaps predict the movement of a particle under any given circumstance insofar as saying the most intricate mathematical equation could only posit probability not predictability. Therefore if man can't even predict the movement of a particle how is it possible to predict the formation of an entire universe? Questions such as What caused the "Big Bang Theory"? What occurred before the "Big Bang Theory" certainly are important questions that hold merit yet science for the most part without generalizing turns it's cheek to answer such relevant questions pertaining to the formation of the universe. I feel the right approach to solving these metaphysical questions starts with an open dialouge between scientists and spiritualists. Speaking on behalf of Buddhists and Hindus we're more than happy to discuss these very issues with secularists the only problem is secularists without generalizing, but based upon my own personal experiences communicating with them are closed-off from even considering such a topic of discussion.

Answer 2

Space is not totally empty. Stars not only give off energy and magnetic waves, but they also give off a "wind" of particles. The faster the particles are moving the hotter it is. Besides those particles, there is other stuff in space like planets, nebulas, comet dust, space ships, etc. The more radiation (light) they absorb, the hotter they will become. So a spaceship (or comet or planet) getting closer to the sun is soaked by more sunlight and will get hotter.

Answer 3

Stephen Hawking, in his latest book, The Grand Design, says that because there are laws such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Cosmologists believe there were many such "Big Bang" events and therefore many universes, which are collectively known as a multiverse.

Others believe a supreme being, God, created the universe.

Answer 4

According to tradition, God created the universe from nothing. This tradition is held by billions of people. See also:

Is there evidence against Evolution

A summary of the Creation

Does God exist

Answer 5

Opinion: God created the universe. Here are some arguments for Creation or against Evolution.

These point to Divine Creation:

• The staggering complexity of every organ and every cell in the human body.
  
• The vastness of our minds and emotions.
  
• The fact that the universe has definite design, order, and arrangement which cannot be sufficiently explained outside a theistic worldview. (This is how Abraham, without benefit of teachers, came to reject the chaotic world-view of idolatry and the possibility of atheism.)
  
• The laws of the universe seem to have been set in such a way that stars, planets and life can exist. Many constants of nature appear to be finely tuned for this, and the odds against this happening by chance are astronomical.
  

See: More detailed evidence of Creation

Also:

1) The glaring lack of transitional fossils has been noted by the evolutionists themselves, such as this statement from the famous paleontologist and evolutionist George G. Simpson; quote: "The regular lack of transitional fossils is not confined to primates alone, but is an almost universal phenomenon."
"The lack of transitional series cannot be explained as being due to the scarcity of material. The deficiencies are real; they will never be filled" (Nilsson, N. Heribert).
"To the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favor of special creation" (Corner, E.J.H., Contemporary Botanical Thought).
2) Instances of falsifying of evidence by evolutionists, such as Haeckel's drawings, Archaeoraptor, the Cardiff "specimen," and Piltdown Man.
"Haeckel exaggerated the similarities [between embryos of different species] by idealizations and omissions, in a procedure that can only be called fraudulent. His drawings never fooled embryologists, who recognized his fudgings right from the start. The drawings, despite their noted inaccuracies, entered into the standard student textbooks of biology. Once ensconced in textbooks, misinformation becomes cocooned and effectively permanent, because textbooks copy from previous texts. We do, I think, have the right to be both astonished and ashamed by the century of mindless recycling that has led to the persistence of these drawings in a large number, if not a majority, of modern textbooks (Stephen Gould).
Dr. Jonathan Wells published a book in 2002 entitled Icons of Evolution. Dr. Wells states that the book shows that "the best-known 'evidences' for Darwin's theory have been exaggerated, distorted or even faked."

3) Creationists see the "survival of the fittest" and the dating of rock layers by fossils as being perfect tautologies.

4) The fact that some qualified, educated, normal scientists do not believe in evolution. Or at least question it, even if they still preach evolution: "Nine-tenths of the talk of evolutionists is sheer nonsense, not founded on observation and wholly unsupported by facts. This museum is full of proofs of the utter falsity of their views. In all this great museum, there is not a particle of evidence of the transmutation of species" (Dr. Etheridge, Paleontologist of the British Museum).
"To postulate that the development and survival of the fittest is entirely a consequence of chance mutations seems to me a hypothesis based on no evidence and irreconcilable with the facts. It amazes me that this is swallowed so uncritically and readily, and for such a long time, by so many scientists without murmur of protest" (Sir Ernest Chain, Nobel Prize winner).

5) The fact that there is a shared, worldwide tradition among every ancient society that the world was created.

6) Evolving of new organs or species has not been witnessed during known history.

7) Mutations are harmful, not beneficial. One of the tasks of DNA and of long-term breeding is to avoid or repair any changes brought about by mutations. This means that our genetic apparatus is programmed to resist change.

8) Mutations, even if beneficial, do not create new organs.

9) The fact that a great number of fossils have been found in the "wrong" rock-layers according to what evolutionary Paleontology would require.

10) The fact that you need DNA to make DNA. No genetic code can be demonstrated to have arisen by chance, together with the ability to read that code and carry out its instructions. Information does not arise spontaneously; and there is an incredible amount of information in even the tiniest cell.
"A living cell is so awesomely complex that its interdependent components stagger the imagination and defy evolutionary explanations" (Michael Denton, author).
"The astounding structural complexity of a cell" (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Concerning a single structure within a cell: "Without the motor protein, the microtubules don't slide and the cilium simply stands rigid. Without nexin, the tubules will slide against each other until they completely move past each other and the cilium disintegrates. Without the tubulin, there are no microtubules and no motion. The cilium is irreducibly complex. Like a mousetrap, it has all the properties of design and none of the properties of natural selection" (Michael Behe, prof. of biophysics).

11) The problem of the impossibility of abiogenesis in general. "The concept of abiogenesis is not science. It's fantasy" (J.L. Wile, Ph.D.).

12) The fact that evolution was once used as support for the belief that Blacks (or others) are less than highly-evolved humans. "Darwin was also convinced that the Europeans were evolutionarily more advanced than the black races" (Steven Rose, author). He also "reasoned that males are more evolutionarily advanced than females" (B. Kevics, author).

13. The first and second laws of thermodynamics point clearly to a Creator, since things undergo entropy rather than get more orderly over time.

14. "Radiometric techniques may not be the absolute dating methods that they are claimed to be. Age-estimates on a given geological stratum by different radiometric methods are often very different. There is no absolutely reliable long-term radiological clock. The uncertainties inherent in radiometric dating are disturbing to geologists and evolutionists." William D. Stansfield, Ph.D., Instructor of Biology, California Polytechnic State University.

15. "Even total rock systems may be open during metamorphism and may have their isotopic systems changed, making it impossible to determine their geologic age." Prof. Gunter Faure (Department of Geology, The Ohio State University, Columbus.)

16 a). At current rates of erosion the amount of sea-floor sediments actually found do not support a "billions of years" age for the Earth.
b) The amount of Sodium Chloride in the sea, also, is a small fraction of what the "old Earth" theory would postulate.
c) The Earth's magnetic field is decaying too fast to extrapolate a long age for the Earth.
d) The rate of accumulation of Moon-dust has been measured; and the amount of dust on the Moon was found to be vastly less than what scientists had predicted before the Moon-landings.

See: Problems in Evolutionary astronomy

e) Helium is generated by radioactive elements as they decay. The escape of this helium into the atmosphere can be measured. According to the Evolutionary age of the Earth there should be much more helium in the atmosphere, instead of the 0.05% that is actually there.Also see:

God's wisdom seen in His creations

More about God's wisdom

Answer 6

Different religions have different explanations for what created the universe, and how, but what they all have in common is that they rely on faith to believe that explanation.

A scientific theory is defined as an explanation that fits all the known facts. In this way scientific theories are very different from what lay people call theories. Having said that, the scientific theory for the creation of the universe is that it began 13.7 billion years ago, with an event popularly known as the'Big Bang'. In fact, in the infinity of space and time, a scientific hypothesis consistent with the 'Big Bang' (but still only a hypothesis) is that there is a multitude of universes like ours, collectively known as the 'multiverse'.

Of course, the scientific explanation says that the stars are far larger and older than our earth, a readily observed fact. The explanation in Genesis chapter 1 says that the sun, moon and stars are at least a few days younger than the earth. Both can not be correct.

Answer 7

Different people will give different answers. Here is a religious view:

God created the universe. The tradition of Creation by God goes all the way back to the first man, passed down in an uninterrupted chain of teachers and disciples, and recorded in the Torah by Moses (Deuteronomy 31:24) at God's dictation (Exodus 24:12).

Evolution is fraught with difficulties and it remains in fact a theory, open to dispute by people who choose not to ignore its problems. It can neither be proven nor demonstrated in the lab (in its broader sense of giving rise to new organs or species). Those wishing to look for further evidence may find these links useful:Is there evidence against Evolution

Can you show that God exists

God's wisdom seen in His creations

Discovering Creation

Understanding Creation

Answer 8

The Big Bang Theory states that at the beginning of the universe, nearly 14 billion years ago, all of the matter in the universe was condensed into one infinitely small point. After the Big Bang occurred, all of this matter began expanding and space began expanding. In fact, space is still expanding and thus every object in the universe is moving away from each other as the space between them expands. This idea is evidenced by the Hubble Red Shift, a phenomenon where objects that are further away in space (we are talking millions of light years) are colored red because objects further away are moving away at a faster rate because there is more space in between that is expanding and thus there is a sort of "Doppler Effect" for the light from the object. Since space around us everywhere is expanding, you could say that space is still forming!

Answer 9

If you are a religious person, you will believe that God almighty built the universe, and created the world. However, if you are an athiest, then you will probably believe the big bang theory was the cause of the universe.

Answer 10

Matter coalesced gravitationally from a nebula of gas and dust.

This led to the formation of a "protostar".

When it reached a mass threshold it had enough mass to start fusing hydrogen atoms and then the Sun became a true star.