[Ohwhynot]

Ah, thank you, I hadn’t heard of that theory before. I’ll have to read more about it when I have some free time; it sounds interesting.

To clarify myself a bit, however, I wasn’t intending to discount other theories (though I do believe some of my lines betrayed a gross ignorance of the field I’m discussing) - I was just arguing that the Big Bang theory is not inherently contradictory with a belief in God, as some seem to suggest.

In all honesty, I know next to nothing about the Big Bang - my astronomical interests lie in explaining more recent phenomena.

[Fichori]

Concerning the Bible contradicting the Big Bang, for those who believe in an exegetic interpretation of the bible, they are completely contradictory.

In Exodus 20:11(God speaking):
"For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."

The word used for made in Hebrew is or `asah {aw-saw'}.


Now down in Exodus 25:31 where God is telling Moses in what manner the sanctuary and related items should be made, he says:
"And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same."

Once again, the Hebrew word for made is `asah.
So very clearly, in Exodus 25:31, God is telling Moses in what fashion he(Moses) is to construct the candlestick.
To suggest that `asah as used in Exodus 20:11 is somehow a different word than as used in Exodus 35:31 is pure eisegesis.


In essence, in Exodus 20:11 God is claiming to have made everything in six days(which are the 24 hour kind), and rested on the seventh.
And when he told Moses to make the candlestick, he used the same word.

So either God made everything or the Big Bang did, not both.


I apologize if I came across a little forceful, but I feel rather strongly about this sort of thing.


Sources: www.blueletterbible.org