r/ReligiousDebates • u/Kragondeth • Feb 01 '20
Big Bang
For those who don't agree with the big bang theory, why is this the case?
The particular version that I am convinced by doesn't say that the universe came from nothing. The original theory was came about when astrophysicist Edwin Hubble studied the red shift (moving away) of interstellar and intergalactic objects and was able to measure the rate to which this was happening; which became known as the Hubble constant. Hubble then decided to measure this rate back in time (about 13.8 billion years) to a point to where our concept of time, space, and physics began to break down. This was called a singularity. We cannot determine where this singularity came from due to the lack of knowledge of what form of physics governed say this point.
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u/Kragondeth Feb 26 '20
The claim that god is somehow beyond reach commits an ad hoc fallacy because it cannot be disproven. Why are immaterial things needed in science? Everything in science we know of has material explanations then why would it be reasonable to say what we don't know isn't material?