I would say that this is a contradiction. The short of it is that when it comes to material reality, quantum mechanics tells us that the universe has either always existed (and will always exist) or that time itself isn't fundamental in which some quantum material just exists with time perception being a phenomenon of our consciousness. 2 shot, killed at Northern Calif. mall on Black Friday. As we are time dependent I'll say it so: Once there was God and nothing else. I agree the debate is somewhat bizarre, but it is probably important to seek to answer folk on their own terms, and it appears to have rung bells for many others from these comments. The universe is a living being - our galaxy is a cell. perceive a difference between this and your definition; the two definitions would, in their perception, be synonymous. So, here’s the question. i.e. Friends Who Liked This Quote. [URL deleted as per feedback rules]. A notion, I should note that scientists in general disagree with, the disagreeance comes from what created or caused the universe to exist. Understood, though the Word does say 'answer a fool according to his folly' :-) Seriously, the thought behind publishing was that it might contain useful teaching points, as perceived by some in this whole thread. Please add your resources in our comment section. If it always existed then how did we arrive at the present? I apologize for my testiness. Providing your postcode enables us to let you know when a speaking event is in your area. Read more quotes from Carl Sagan. Ether out universe has always existed in its current state, or it has always existed in a small form before the big bang. "We know the universe exists and cannot have come from something else because the ‘something else’ would already be inside the universe! The materialists have no problem with it, because in their view, there is nothing outside of matter/energy. Numbers, which are utilized as abstract representations of objects in the material world. Harmless symptom was actually lung cancer You can sign in to give your opinion on the answer. have it both ways. If (for the sake of argument) it was agreed that God be included in "universe" set, could it be reasonably said that the first divisions of that set are 1. (always has energy) 5. However. as follows: Interesting; I would have defined the universe as ‘all the matter and energy that exists’—and materialists (which the majority of scientists are today, The Fool on the hill. There are many things that show evidence for the existence of God. I.e. Merely "showing up" for the debate he loses! It began with the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago when the Universe was tiny, hot, and dense. So what happened 20 billion years ago? For decades we’ve believed that 13.8 billion years ago the Big Bang set the universe’s clock in motion. And surely the fact that a large body of scientists now question materialistic theory is in itself an interesting fact, which I would have thought any inquisitive mind, ought to be informed about. unseen, bounded or unbounded. Both the Bible and science tell us that we live in an expanding universe. In another thread, a Christian said: "The universe even by most secular theories did not always exist." The universe is always changing. there is no non-material, supernatural realm. Ironically the Big Bang Theory was originally developed by a Catholic Jesuit Priest Gorges Lemaître. your cake and eat it, too. (via explaintion of elementary fallacy) Therefore the universe has always existed. They therefore would not Read more quotes from Carl Sagan. But because of theophobia, these apostates aren’t turning to religion either. The singularity theorems produced by Steven Hawking and Roger Penrose and expanded upon by Arvind Borde, Alan H. Guth, and Alexander Vilenkin, show that an expanding universe (or multiverse) must have a beginning of matter, energy, space and time. The universe must have had a beginning and such a beginning needs a sufficient cause that is non-material (in order to be self-existing/eternal). (If you haven’t received your first email within a few minutes, try checking your spam folder.). Some have postulated that the universe has always existed, so there is no "beginning" of the universe (such as Steady state theory or static universe formulations), however the observational evidence is agreed upon by the cosmological community to best support the Big Bang universe. The universe has always been here. . Just to reiterate: the universe (all matter/energy) cannot have always existed (been eternal) because of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Check your email! If so, couldn’t that take away the need for a creator rather than the Big Bang where “something” had to be there for it to happen 0 comments Just to reiterate: the universe (all matter/energy) cannot have always existed (been eternal) because of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. What that means is that as you go backwards in time, you eventually run out of time (or, more accurately, out of spacetime). A FREE downloadable study guide is available from creation.com/tga. Second, it can’t be said that this is a self-serving definition designed by Christians for Christians, since it is one that can be (and has been) agreed upon by Thanks for the embedded lessons in logic as well. I would have simply said "nonsense is still nonsense , whether you say it about God or anything else!" either definition, because it would be assumed by all sides that one is talking about the material world of objects. A transcendent cause fits the description of God. (mass/energy) realm. Atheists agree that our universe was started by a “Big Bang.” The disagreement comes when we ask what made all the noise. Universe always existed or there was “nothing” before the bb? Aquinas's argument from contingency allows for the possibility of a Universe that has no beginning in time. Even the article we are directing you to could, in principle, change without notice on sites we do not control. The best answer I have heard is that the Universe has always existed as a gravitational singularity, which then expanded as a result of quantum fluctuations. However, the universe is not eternal, nor can or ever would be in existence outside of the boundaries of a boundless God. In General Relativity, the Big Bang is a spacetime singularity. Consider your examples of human emotions and classical music styles; surely if one is debating a materialist, he/she would claim that these consist of descriptions of things or abstract representations of things which do in fact emanate from (and form a part of) the world of matter and energy. So I … We can see distant galaxies racing away from each other, and the space around them is filled with cosmic radiation whose intensity and spread are consistent with that expected from the aftermath of the Big Bang. I leave you with this question: Which one takes more faith: believing in that one chance in infinity, or in an intelligence behind it all? 1 decade ago. materialists and non-materialists alike. Based on these theorems it is clear that a transcendent cause must exist, which brought the universe into existence. What do you think of the answers? It began with the big bang almost 14 billion years ago. God - eternal, non material, creator & 2. In that situation, it is more than likely that there would be an automatic presupposition by both parties that In one of his notebooks, Darwin addresses himself as, “O, Begging the question is a logical fallacy, however when comes to dealing with Everything, could we treat God and Universe using common rule of logic? mass-energy entities in existence’, i.e the same as the one I gave above. In short, you can’t have It doesn't make sense that the universe is about 13.8 billion years old. The rest - created? As Hartle, now 79 and a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, explained it by phone recently, “We didn’t have birds in the very early universe; we have birds later on. Just to reiterate: the universe (all matter/energy) cannot have always existed (been eternal) because of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. That aside: the universe could not have always existed because that idea is in direct opposition to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Until now the dominant scientific view is that, somewhere around 13 billion years ago, there was a single point which exploded (AKA, the 'Big Bang'). But I think all scientists agree that this concept of “nothing” if a difficult one. you materialist!” and says, “Why is thought, being a secretion of brain, more wonderful than gravity as a property of matter?”—see Thus, someone defining the universe as the ‘set of all sets’ would normally have my agreement, as it would just be an alternative way of saying ‘all the 74 thoughts to “PARALLEL UNIVERSES: Quantum Physics says you have always existed and always will exist” Toejamicus says: July 22, 2017 at 6:19 pm So that’s how it works. What that means is that as you go backwards in time, you eventually run out of time (or, more accurately, out of spacetime). This response was put so clearly that even a non-logician like myself could understand! The time that has elapsed on a hypothetical clock which has existed since the Big Bang and is now here on Earth will depend on the motion of the clock. Mengenlehre (Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers) as follows (bold emphasis added): “Eine Menge, ist die Zusammenfassung The idea of an ever existing universe is necessary to complete the theory of evolution. The universe has eternally existed, and has no beginning. If the universe did not always exist, then something changed In order to bring it about. The universe, unlike the Creator, does not create; at least it does not create something from nothing. beginning and such a beginning needs a sufficient cause that is non-material (in order to be self-existing/eternal). No matter what theory is put out there the universe has always existed. Thank you Dr Wieland. Friends Who Liked This Quote. The universe must have had a beginning and such a beginning needs a sufficient cause that is non-material (in order to be self-existing/eternal). The question, “could the universe have always existed?” is really asking, “can the universe take God’s place?” Rather than having a God that always existed, this idea holds to a universe that has always existed and, thus, replaces an eternal God with an eternal universe. But we have a finite amount of usable energy. Thank you! But many cosmologists now believe there are other “universes”, and perhaps our universe arose from one of them. According to the preceding definition, the age of the universe is just the largest possible value of time having elapsed on such a clock. The universe has always existed. It requires that something infinitely improbable will occur if it has an infinite amount of time to occur — which sounds more like a numbers game than science to me. If your comment is published, your name will be displayed as ". the problem is in the premises, not the logic, as we have seen. It’s only when you try to be tricky and slip God into being a part of the material world (the God you don’t believe in, and who by definition is not a part of that material world anyway) that it becomes logically invalid. The answer is that there was “nothing” since the space itself was created after the bb. In other words, even if the Universe has always existed, it still owes its existence to an uncaused cause, Aquinas further said: "... and this we understand to be God." Has the universe always existed? The universe has always been here. I wonder why. New things are forming and unforming. Based on a new model involving Quantum mechanics, the universe may have always existed and the prevailing theory of the beginning of the universe, which … It has helped me clear my misunderstanding. Asked by: Pete Sears, Australia. I once heard it explained by Ravi Zacharias . elements of the set.”), Assume a materialist were to discuss set theory with a Christian. Darwin’s real message: have you missed it?). If anything existed then some form of universe existed, therefore, a changing universe has always existed up to … Thus, the universe has not always existed because we still have usable energy. Astronomy and Astrophysics Questions and Answers, The Genesis Academy: A 12-part teaching series on Genesis 1–11, The Bible declares: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. I was well into adulthood before I was hit with the concept of the universe as being something distinctly separate from God, and that God exists outside it. Thank you Dr. Carl for this article. Recommend to friends. With little refinement the theory has withstood testing, experimentation and observatuon. 8 Reasons the British Parliament Shouldn’t Kill People. As naturalism is increasingly unable to answer the fundamental questions of existence, many are losing their faith in it. Ted G. from the UK wrote in response to Don Batten’s article Who created God? Others say there was just the one, but our universe will spin on forever. What is more difficult? Share this quote: Like Quote. If Materialists are as secure in their beliefs as they claim to be, they should easily see off the Creationist counter view without resorting to any suppression, abuse or misrepresentation. The reason why the universe has always existed is not known. In set theory, (which is presumably the framework from which you derive the meaning of the word ‘set’) a set consists of objects. This is certainly how science’s founding fathers regarded the universe; the total amount (By the way, if there was noting, (Thought itself, in that philosophy/worldview, is regarded as ultimately material in origin. Then He decided to create, so he did. The topic is incredibly complex and wonderfully intricate. He needs to renew his intelligence. "The ‘Universe’ is the set of all sets. I mean, really, if you went to a casino in Vegas you wouldn’t put a dime on one chance out of infinity. Let me put it another way. of material stuff which God created, but not God Himself, who is non-material. But we cannot assume responsibility for, nor be taken as endorsing in any way, any other content or links on any such site. The disagreement comes when we ask what made all the noise. Therefore, the universe has always existed! The Universe Has Always Existed As will be patently obvious to anyone who has read much of my blog, I am incredibly fascinated by the question of Time and the description of the universe’s history. It is a form of argument from universal causation. If this sort of 'chess' (or better perhaps 'ping pong' was all our ministry was about, it would not be very satisfying, I agree. The question of the eternity of the world was a concern for both ancient philosophers and the medieval theologians and philosophers of the 13th century. ©2021 Creation Ministries International. Ash and heat are less usable forms of energy than the log you started out with. To gamble that there is no God on the odds that there is one chance in infinity that there has been sufficient time for everything to come to this state by random events. :-). But then if you walked a little further and saw a piece of paper lying on the ground and it says “Hello Ravi How are you? Thus, the universe is slowly running out of usable energy. I realize now that I was a bit grumpy over my morning coffee when I wrote that note. Of course, you might argue that you are simply saying ‘for the sake of the argument’, that ‘if God exists’ He must be part of the set of all sets. The universe has always existed, hence, there is no point in time when it was created, either by a deity or by accident. The whole group of universes, if there are indeed more than one, is commonly called the multiverse. It went something like this: If you were walking on a planet searching for life and you came across a geometrical pyramid, you may be able to explain how over years of tectonic plate shifting, and so on, that the planet has slowly created this pyramid. The short of it is that when it comes to material reality, quantum mechanics tells us that the universe has either always existed (and will always exist) or that time itself isn't fundamental in which some quantum material just exists with time perception being a phenomenon of our consciousness. It goes somewhat like this: Ted G is trying to prove his case logically but his materialist worldview cannot account for laws of logic (universal, invariant, abstract entities). What if Space has no beginning and end? assuming that which you claim to prove. I don't want to be kneejerk defensive, and I freely admit to not being a mathematician, but perhaps the depth of your comment re misunderstanding may be a little over the top itself. Evidence shows that it is in fact about 13.5 billion years old. Thus, the universe has not always existed because we still have usable energy. long) that explore the biblical and scientific truths of the Bible’s opening chapters. The universe must have had a This law of thermodynamics basically states that each time you use energy it is transformed into energy that is less usable. that case, however, I would then respond that if you are presupposing God as an object within the realm of set theory, then your definition of the universe as the ‘set of The path back in time cannot be extended beyond 13.7 billion years or so. The usual story of the Universe has a beginning, middle, and an end. Privacy Policy. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”. material (we would say created) world only, but then at the same time, you have assumed the existence of God as a discrete entity within set theory—all for the purpose of If the physical universe always existed, it simply is. So I find it odd that some are really willing to risk their life on such improbability. Or, if we say that God has always existed, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed?” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos. We have sent you an email that will allow you to update your details. In General Relativity, the Big Bang is a spacetime singularity. Darwin’s real message: have you missed it? CMI has offices in Australia, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa and United States of America. But The definition of a set is laid out by German mathematician Georg Cantor, who founded set theory, in his Beiträge zur Begründung der transfiniten So over an infinite amount of time all the usable energy would be used up. There is no way for a thing to happen before the first moment of Time, because things only happen within Time, and there is no Time which exists … Your definition in the way you seek to use it turns out to be totally circular, committing the logical fallacy known as begging the question, It seems there had to be something happening 20 billion years ago, despite that being before the Big Bang. So after 45 years and billions of dollars, we find a high probability a Higgs boson existed and then disappeared detected by the huge scientific instrumentation of CERN… but what was the real question? Egyptian scientist Ahmed Farag Ali and Canadian scientist Saurya Das have recently calculated one possible, mathematically sound answer: that the cosmic effects we attribute to the Big Bang may actually represent the steady state of a permanent universe that had no beginning. This means it contains EVERYTHING (and therefore every person) that exists.". bestimmter, wohlunterschiedener Objekte unserer Anschauung und unseres Denkens—welche Elemente der Menge genannt werden—zu einem Ganzen.” And as pointed out, I would normally have no problem with danyu1. Was the universe created with a Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, or has it been expanding and contracting for eternity? No problem, I published my response before I read your followup. What could change that is not part of the universe in order t bring it about? So, if the universe had always existed that means there is an infinite amount of moments leading up to the present moment. If the universe always existed, then anything that has happened, is happening, or will happen within this closed eternal system has no meaning. There’s a wealth of evidence that the Universe began in a Big Bang around 14 billion years ago. The correspondent’s particular thinking is a variation of a trend of thinking from Hobbes and Spinoza, down to the present. This explosive moment marked the beginning of the universe-- everything that exists was born from a single point they call the 'singularity.' “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For example, if you burn a log in the fire you get ash and heat. Is this true? they were referring to objects which were either, If that were not presupposed, there would be no common ground for discussion, since the materialist does not concede the existence of anything outside the material Many atheists say that the Universe has always existed? The catch – according to astrophysicist Brian Koberlein – is that, without the singularity, this model predicts that the universe had no beginning. Recommend to friends. There has also been a revival of interest in the “tunneling proposal,” an alternative way that the universe might have arisen from nothing, conceived in the ’80s independently by the Russian-American cosmologists Alexander Vilenkin and Andrei Linde. Genesis 1:1, Composed at least hypothetically of mass/energy, or. CMI may choose not to publish your comment depending on how well it fits the guidelines outlined above. Even the term itself hints at that. Some say that the “Big Bang” was just one of a infinite number of explosions before it. Near the shuttlecock’s rounded-off bottom, though, the correlations are less reliable; time ceases to exist and is replaced by pure space. Many Scientists today have dogmatically imposed a "Religion of Materialism" on the SCIENTIFIC METHOD. I would like to pose a few questions to Ted G. Strange for an atheist to argue that "universe" is a good term for "all that exists", considering secular scientists have toyed around with so many ideas that say there could be other universes. (“A set is a gathering together into a whole of definite, distinct objects of our perception and of our thought—which are called strengthening the materialist maxim of ‘no God’—which if true, would make your assumption invalid in the first place. I’ve been waiting for you.” There would be no doubt in your mind that it took an intelligent being to write that message to you. We can see distant galaxies racing away from each other, and the space around them is filled with cosmic radiation whose intensity and spread are consistent with that expected from the aftermath of the Big Bang. Nothing more definitive can be said. Creation Ministries International (CMI) exists to support the effective proclamation of the Gospel by providing credible answers that affirm the reliability of the Bible, in particular its Genesis history. . … The colloquial definition of "universe" that most grow up with is that the "universe" encompasses "everything". It has no intent, no goal, and ultimately, no meaning. Yet the Materialists continue to complain and protest about Creationism’s modest challenge, like an elephant panicking over the presence of a mouse. Despite being infinite in size our universe is cyclical and has always existed in one of four stages. In the same way, in classical thermodynamics, a system plus its surroundings is the universe—seen or If there was no beginning then the past is infinite. Share this quote: Like Quote. Asked by: Pete Sears, Australia. So we revert to the definition of the universe as follows (recognizing today that matter and energy are interchangeable): First, it matters not whether all of this is observable or not. A quick follow-up on my just-made feedback. And could you please enlighten me more on this?! The Bible states that God not only stretched out the heavens when He created them, but that He is still stretching them out. There is a message in the universe: the information in DNA; the precise balance in a star of the gravity and the forces of the outward explosion; the balance of living thing on earth necessary to keep it habitable — so much order and precision. You certainly covered the problems there. People always believe that everything has a beginning and an end... Everything starts from somewhere or something... Everything has walls... What if there are no walls? 3 2. Unfortunately, these peculiarities can very often lead to very common misconceptions. Simple logic!". By submitting your comment you are agreeing to receive email updates from. In This may sound like the dumbest of questions, for we know our universe is all the matter and energy that inhabits space and time. This excellent new resource contains 12 DVDs (each 30-40 min. Your subscription already exists. The question only fits inside the confines of time and in that the universe has always existed. all sets’ is clearly inappropriate. try to slip something past the goalkeeper, hoping no one will notice. I.e., you have tried to make use of a definition of set which normally assumes we are talking about the We have supplied this link to an article on an external website in good faith. That trend involves the sometimes subtle sin of substituting a good gift (the scientific enterprise) for the Giver of that Gift--God--as first in our affections. (unstabilized change of relations of matter and mind) 6. GOD BLESS! It’s like saying ‘I’ve disproved the existence of a transcendent God by assuming He is not transcendent’. You can use the ash as fertilizer for a new tree, and you can use the heat to cook dinner. Had Jack M., United Kingdom, 2 March 2013, left it at the following, he would have capture my thought on the matter quite nicely: universe - uni - one verse - to turn (Greek), Ted G. needs to give C. S. Lewis' "Miracles" a read. However, if either of these options are true, I’m not sure they remove the need for God to have made the universe in the first place; because the order and information in the universe still cry out that there is a creator. sadly) would have agreed with me, since they don’t acknowledge the existence of anything other than mass/energy. Some say that the “Big Bang” was just one of a infinite number of explosions before it. Romans 1:18-22 might explain as to why this gentleman seems to be so confused. 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