Can a person believe in god and the big bang theory?

Answer 1

If the universe came into being from one singularity that exploded in the Big Bang, that impetus or power of motion, creation, and destruction -- and change, endless -- came from that first singularity -- which, in turn, HAD TO HAVE COME FROM SOMEPLACE!!!

That means that everything that exists is vested with the power that is the momentum from the Big Bang.

In some cases, it's this incomprehensible thing called life; the animus; the body with spirit, whatever that is.

I surmise that this power that is in everything might be God. As to its purpose, I have no clue. Like human beings, it may exist simply to exist.

What happens when something explodes? Whatever it was is now gone. If the World came from the Big Bang theory we and this entire Planet would not be here. Read Genises 1 and 2 on how this Earth came to being. *An explosion is not an annihilation. The matter which was the fuel for the explosion has now been spread apart; the logical pathway from this is that if there was a massive explosion, e.g. the Big Bang, then everything would be flying apart. This is the case in reality and so the Big Bang was hypothesised. More proof has been collected since and the hypothesis has become theory (this is in scientific terminology; please ensure you understand the difference). There is a possible connection between absolutely everything and belief in a deity. That is one of the fundamental philosophical difficulties that theology faces. __________ No matter what else may be discovered or cast in doubt, there will always and forever be a distinction (not necessarily battles) between natural faith and spiritual faith. Natural faith describes the assurance one has that, for example, the chair you are approaching will indeed hold you up when you sit on it. It is the faith or assurance that comes from learning alone, and learning about the natural world and how things and people operate in it. This is also the kind of faith that leads us to accept medical treatment. This faith is neutral in nature; it is neither good nor evil. Of course, because it is based in experience, it is subject to modification as knowledge and understanding develop over time. Natural faith is distinct from spiritual/biblical faith, which at least according to many Christian traditions is purely and exclusively a gift of the Holy Spirit, and cannot be discerned by those to whom the gift has not been given. The proper objects of each kind of faith are distinct. Spiritual faith is not and should not be dependent on anything that comes to light in the natural world or within the realm of natural faith. On the other hand, what we strive to learn about the natural world should not be limited by the faith positions of those who are skeptical of scientific method. People are free to use principles and teachings from both kinds of faith to inform their view of the world if they wish. However, natural faith is part of the world, and even the staunchest people of faith must exercise a great deal of natural faith while they are on earth; we cannot operate without it. But because of their fundamentally different objects, there is not likely ever to be a way to satisfactorily reconcile or connect these approaches in the long run. The next scientific break-through or speculation would likely bring the reconciliation crashing down. So attempts to reconcile are doomed to failure and are also completely unnecessary. Why would people of faith feel the need to seek proof of faith in the realm of the natural sciences when it is in the very nature of scientific knowledge to change as understanding deepens? Besides, proof of [spiritual] faith, a proof which can never be achieved through science or natural faith, would render faith meaningless. And why should scientists feel the need to restrict their curiosity based on a set of spiritual concepts? However we got here, this is where we are, and this place is well worth exploring. The above nothwithstanding, thinkers from many different disciplines may enjoy the process of creating philosophical or theological models that seem to incorporate ideas like God and The Big Bang. Given the nature of nature, these thinkers will certainly never run out of work.

Answer 2

No.

Answer

Yes

I disagree, with the first answer. The Bible says God created the Heavens and the Earth and God is Everlasting. It is more proof that He does. He spoke it into existence.

Answer 3

I don't think a person can believe in both.

A Christian should believe that, like Genesis says, that God created the earth.

If they are stuck between the two, then they don't have their full faith in God.

if they believe the big bang created the earth then they cant say that trust God as they don't believe what is written in the bible.

Keep it in mind that i am a Christian answering this! ;D

Another view; yes.

Many non-fundamentalist Christians think that many of the stories in the Bible are allegories rather than actual historical accounts. There is plenty of room for a religious person to believe that God caused the Big Bang, especially considering that scientists have not yet agreed on an explanation for how and why it occurred.

Answer 4

The short answer is yes. The accepted explanation that science has for where the universe came from is the "Big Bang" - that if you go back far enough, you reach the point where all the matter in the universe was concentrated at a point. The obvious question is what caused this to be so. A "naturalistic" explanation - that is, one that avoids having to invoke a God or something outside - will talk about the possibility of a "multiverse" - a potentially infinite number of other universes which we can't see - or a "quantum fluctuation" which just happened to bring the entire contents of the universe into being. However, these are really just the scientific equivalents of a shrug of the shoulders, and lie beyond the possibility of scientific verification.

Once something moves beyond the bounds of science (as these potential explanations have, even though they are dressed up in scientific language), it is no more nor less rational to invoke anything else as an explanation. In other words, one's belief in the Big Bang theory has nothing much to do with one's belief or otherwise in God.

Answer 5

It neither proves the belief in God nor disproves it. See also:

Is there evidence for Creation?

Can you show that God exists?

Seeing God's wisdom

Answer 6

Yes, it is possible for a person to believe in both God and the Big Bang theory. Many people see the Big Bang as the scientific explanation for the creation of the universe, while also holding religious beliefs about the existence of a higher power that may have initiated or guided the process. These beliefs are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Answer 7

Yes, to a large extent. Many scientists are religious people. All you need to do is to factor God into the picture and remove the belief that it was all accidental.