Am I a 'bad' Atheist if I do not believe in the Big Bang Theory?

Question

Okay first things first I do NOT believe in God and Yes I DO believe in Evolution.

Okay well I do not believe in the Big Bang because I found it impossible to belive that the Universe just happen all of a sudden and scientific law say 'nothing can be created or destroyed' plus many scientists are starting to doubt the theory.

Answer 1

Not a bad atheist, but I think you're wrong. The Big Bang Theory is pretty solid. You should probably dig more into reports of "doubting scientists", because they may be disagreeing on a very technical point, not with the whole theory. All theories go through refinement, including the Theory of Evolution. That doesn't make them false (despite what some fanatics might wish.)

Answer 2

You aren't a bad atheist. You obviously don't know anything about the theory. Its actually smart to reject something you know nothing of until you've seen evidence. I would suggest you actually look up what the big bang theory is because it does not say that the universe just happened all of a sudden. The big bang theory basically suggest that the universe came into being with a giant explosion. The reason we know that is because everything in the universe is moving away from each other which suggest that at some point everything had to be very close and in order for everything to be moving like that so fast implies enormous pressure such as an explosion.

Answer 3

you're only a bad atheist if you believe in a god. since the only thing an atheist is is someone that does not believe in a god.



please provide one scientist that is starting to doubt the theory. there is enough evidence for it to be a theory, which means its pretty sound. the Big Bang does not talk about the creation of the universe, its simple talks about the expansion of matter and energy. the Big bang in no way conflicts with the laws of thermodynamics.

Answer 4

"Okay well I do not believe in the Big Bang because I found it impossible to belive that the Universe just happen all of a sudden and scientific law say 'nothing can be created or destroyed' plus many scientists are starting to doubt the theory." <<<<< Where are your citations for these things you said? No, many scientists are not starting to doubt the theory. It is cosmologists who are going beyond the Big Bang to M-theory and string theory. That is not doubting; that is trying to find out even more about the origins of the Universe. Read this: The law of conservation of energy is an empirical law of physics. It states that the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time (is said to be conserved over time). A consequence of this law is that energy can neither be created nor destroyed: it can only be transformed from one state to another. The only thing that can happen to energy in a closed system is that it can change form: for instance chemical energy can become kinetic energy.



Albert Einstein's theory of relativity shows that mass is a form of energy (see rest mass energy) so they can transform one into another. So the distinction between "matter" particles (such as those constituting atoms) and energy particles (say photons of light) is not wide - they can turn one into other (see annihilation and matter creation). However, this conversion does not affect the total energy of closed systems.



So conservation of energy refers to the conservation of the total energy of an isolated system over time (including rest mass energy mc² associated with the rest mass of particles) and all other forms of energy (kinetic, potential, nuclear, chemical, thermal, etc.) in the system together.



A consequence of the law of energy conservation is that perpetual motion machines can only work perpetually if they deliver no energy to their surroundings.

Answer 5

>I found it impossible to belive that the Universe just happen all of a sudden



The big bang theory does not state that.



>and scientific law say 'nothing can be created or destroyed'



Formation of the universe from nothing need not violate conservation of energy. The gravitational potential energy of a gravitational field is a negative energy. When all the gravitational potential energy is added to all the other energy in the universe, it might sum to zero.



>many scientists are starting to doubt the theory.



That's a creationist lie.

Answer 6

The others have defined "atheist" well enough to make that point, so I'll offfer another.



Why do you think that you have to believe or disbelieve in the Big Bang? You're not a physicist, and you're not qualified to judge the merits of the scientific arguments, either for or against ( I am not being insulting, very few people are qualified, and none of them are on yahoo answers). Why can't you simply say "I don't know" and let the scientists hash it out? Why do you have to believe or take a side?

Answer 7

The big bang theory neither says nor implies that the Universe "happened suddenly," nor that "something came from nothing". Instead the big bang describes the rapid inflation of the universe, that we know occurred approximately 13.5 billion years ago. We do not know what happened before 10^-43 seconds after the start of the big bang, as our current laws of physics break down in that state. The actual event of the big bang has a huge body of evidence supporting its occurrence, from cosmic background radiation to the extrapolated expansion of the galaxy.



Anything beyond that is a speculative cosmological model. Few of the proposed cosmological models have "something coming from nothing."

Examples of models include:

-The cyclical universe model, in which the universe cyclically expands with big bangs, then compresses with big crunchs

-The Hawking-Hartle model in which the universe began with the big bang, this does not imply that nothing existed prior to the big bang, but rather that time was meaningless before it.

Answer 8

An atheist is someone who does not believe there is a god. That is all.



You are however a silly person for not actually learning about what the big bang model is before criticising it.



The big bang model does not say anything about the "universe just happening all of a sudden". It only explores the sudden expansion AFTER the universe began to exist.

Answer 9

You sound more confused than bad. Evolution is a fact, not a belief. The Big Bang theory is supported by data from cosmic background radiation measurements. Neither has anything to do with gods.

Answer 10

Theories are NOT BELIEVED. they are suggested and tested and refined and accepted as reasonable or discarded



Physics can only calculate based on known laws and observations . Like the "inside of a black hole or before the big bang there is no why to know



the most advanced physical Cosmologists are struggling to come up with a theory of why our universe exists



the more you learn, the more you understand we do not know much at all

Answer 11

Sorry, yet you're perplexed. First, once you assert issues are data, you are able to no longer in simple terms make that assertion devoid of offering data. data demands an theory for say, karma, then development experiments to attempt that concept, and then do this many situations showing the comparable outcomes, then having others build new experiments to attempt the thought, etc. 2nd, no one is asserting the universe did no longer have a commencing up. It did. yet you're able to end there ought to be a author because of the fact it did have a commencing up. extremely? so which you have data of this? you are able to believe in god, yet believe me in this, faith and dogma are actually not equipped to describe the universe. They in no way have and in no way will. faith explains one secret by ability of invoking yet another secret. How is that this useful in looking the reality, which maximum of believers locate so compelling?

Answer 12

It doesn't make you a bad atheist and there are perfectly good reasons to question the Big Bang Theory.



However, I think you misunderstand it.



Firstly, it doesn't say the universe "just happened" nor does it say any material was "created". All it says is that a pre-existing singularity experienced a very rapid period of inflation. It doesn't say anything about the source of that singularity (which contained all the matter and energy in our universe).



Secondly, causality is a property of our universe. It may be completely meaningless to talk about time or causation outside of our universe (or the initial singularity).

Answer 13

You are just an atheist who does not understand the evidence. For example, name five of the 'many scientists' who doubt the Big Bang.

Answer 14

"Bad" atheist? Atheism is simply the belief that there is no god(s). Being an atheist does not mean that you must believe in the Big Bang Theory, nor does it mean that you must believe in evolution.

Answer 15

You are what you are. Atheism isn't necessarily connected to knowledge of physics.



However, since you bring up a scientific claim, I'm going to ask you to justify it. Can you back up the statement that "many scientists are starting to doubt the theory"? Are any of these doubters actually trained in physics?

Answer 16

You sure you a Atheist? We don't believe in deitities. We don't know how the world began. We believe scientist are the most qualified to make the determination.

Answer 17

No scientists doubt that the big bag occurred because all the available evidence points to it having occurred and there is no evidence to suggest as religious folk do that something magic happened and 'poof' here we are.

Answer 18

No, you are not "bad." but I think you need to do some more research.



Perhaps there is more that needs to be uncovered, but the Big Bang is a good approximation to what happened according to all of the available evidence.

Answer 19

Nope. Atheism has nothing to do with the origin of the universe. It's simply the lack of a belief in any gods.

Answer 20

No. Believing in a god or gods would make you a bad atheist however.

Answer 21

Google string theory

Answer 22

atheism is a lack of belief in god/gods.

NOWHERE in the definition will you see the word evolution.

and your lack of basic quantum physics knowledge makes you seem obtuse.

Answer 23

Other than in name, there is no tangible difference between the "Big bang theory" and "God said 'be' and it was."



Same thing.



Have links to alternative theories proposed?

Answer 24

No. No more than it makes me a bad Christian for accepting it.

Answer 25

Nah, you're fine.

Answer 26

You're going to atheist hell!

Answer 27

AngryNoodle laid it down.