[RightWhale]

there had to be something before the bang

First there was Nothing,
Which exploded.

[RipSawyer]

Perhaps you are the person who can shed light on the two great mysteries that drive me crazy. 1. Why is it that people will laugh at the creation myths of other religions while insisting that their own religious creation myth is literal truth? 2. Why is it that some people will laugh at all religious creation myths while at the same time they consider the big bang theory to be scientifically proven truth? Is there really any difference in God speaking the universe into existence and a quantam fluctuation that continues forever or whatever the theory is? I don't pretend to understand the big bang theory, it just sounds like so much gibberish to me. I sometimes wonder if the people with the doctorate in physics understand it any better than I do or are they just spouting mumbo jumbo like some witch doctor so that they can make the villagers think they know something.

[Sabertooth]

First there was Nothing,
Which exploded.

I'm sorry, but that's a theological position.

[luvbach1]

Is a vacuum nothing?