If the general picture of the big bang followed by an expanding universe is correct, what happened before that? Was the universe devoid of all matter and then the matter suddenly somehow created? How did that happen? Many cultures’ customary answers are that god or gods created the universe out of nothing. But if we wish to pursue this question courageously, we must of course ask the next question, where did god come from? If we decide that this is an unanswerable question, why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question? Or, if we say that god always existed, why not save a step and conclude that the universe always existed? There’s no need for a creation, it’s always here. These are not easy questions… asking these questions is a hallmark of our specie… Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries with questions that were once treated only in religion and myth. Remembering Carl Sagan
Posted on: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:13:02 +0000
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