If you study the Big Bang theory, the authors claim:

"About 15 billion years ago a tremendous explosion started the expansion of the universe. This explosion is known as the Big Bang. At the point of this event all of the matter and energy of space was contained at one point. What exisisted prior to this event is completely unknown and is a matter of pure speculation."

SOURCE:
http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm

The Big Bang theory is laying claim to the creation of matter and energy, yet gives no speculation upon Time and Emptiness.

No one is going to choose choice one. No other button??

Just write your OTHER comment.

I'll respond when I disagree with someone. Will that make you feel all warm inside?

That's better

I chose #1.

The current Big Bang theory is entirely true and perfectly accurate.

I'm sure there are a few minor details that are untrue, but for the most part, is accurate.

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A possible flaw of the Big Bang theory is, "What is the Big Bang expanding into as it expands?"

Nothing. That is purely the answer. Obviously, there is no proof of the Big Bang expanding into anything other than nothing. We don't know, and until someone creates a time machine to go back to the Big Bang, we will never know.

You're kidding right?

Pharoah, you need to have space to expand.

Yelekiah, I am very stubborn

(slaps forehead)
I keep forgetting, sorry.

So your saying if their wasn't space for the big bang to expand into, it would hit a invisible barrier because nothings there? But if "nothing" is there how can "nothing" prevent the big bang from expanding into it? That would mean "something" is there to stop it. Well it obviously did expand into nothing because the universe is here, we are here, and the universe DID expand.

Actually, look up Stephen Hawking and his idea about the Big Bang and collapsed universes. You have to have it expand within space-time.

Choice #3 for reasons already given in the other thread.

I'm new to this discussion but I'd like to give my view - it seems to wierd that all matter was created after this event, atoms were created that form molecules and compounds, compounds that produce solid objects obeying physical laws to produce planets, compounds that can get so complex they produce life. I take a step back to look at what earth has produced and it looks too unreal. Amoeba, fish, dinosaurs, cavemen...no way could this be by accident, as fairly intelligent beings we have made use of the elctromagnetic spectrum, why is this available to us? Do all chemical elements have a purpose not just the common ones we see? I reckon there is a sub atomic intelligence guiding evolution.

Although way off topic, your question of intelligence on a subatomic (or perhaps even on a sub-particle level) is a good one. We've fallen into a trap defining 'intelligence' and thinking that what we are is intelligent - and then there is no intelligence and slightly raised intelligence. However to me intelligence is simply a scale just like the em spectrum. There is no non-intelligence, there is just things with less intelligence compared to us (we need a frame of reference even with intelligence). Just like with em no light exists with 0 wavelength and nothing exists with 0 intelligence. So in the light of this there is 'intelligence' on a sub-atomic level. I've often thought (going the other way) that if we were to come accross a 'race' of say beings with twice the intellligence we have (and it is not impossible - just out-of-THIS-world) I hope they would not call us non-intelligent just half as intelligent.

Cheers

The big bang is flawed, it expands into itself?