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The Improbable Big Bang

From the first time I heard of the Big Bang Theory, I thought it was a terrible idea. First, there is nothing. No time, no matter; nothing at all. And then suddenly there is everything! A huge explosion, caused by nothing at all, generates all the energy and matter that currently exists in our universe. Creationists are quick to point out how stupid that is, and they’re right, although they don’t have a very good alternative.

A few years back I read a quote from a scientist calling the Big Bang “improbable” and had my confidence restored. I was not the only one who felt this way!

Now, a new Theory of Everything is being floated that claims that there have been many “big bangs” in our universe, that our universe is perhaps 1 trillion years old, or that our universe is infinitely old and infinitely large.

I love it. Why must time have a beginning? Because we cannot contemplate something with no beginning and no end?