CNN: Does the big bang breakthrough offer proof of God?

EndofMysteries

Interesting article on CNN blogs http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/20/does-the-big-bang-breakthrough-offer-proof-of-god/?hpt=hp_t4

I have a similar belief so far.

EndofMysteries

O and before anybody tells the author of the above article to "read a basic book" here is a little bit about her....

Leslie Wickman, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Research in Science (CRIS) at Azusa Pacific University (APU). She is an internationally respected research scientist, engineering consultant, and inspirational speaker.

For more than a decade Wickman was an engineer for Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, where she worked on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station Programs, receiving commendations from NASA for her contributions and being designated as Lockheed's Corporate Astronaut.

She currently also works part-time as a research scientist with government think tanks on technical and political aspects of national aerospace and defense issues. Some of her recent projects include climate change research, assessment of future human spaceflight missions and technologies, human factors problems for extreme environments, fighter pilot proficiency training, and sustainable water reclamation and agriculture.

Dr. Wickman has lectured around the world on satellite servicing, spaceflight physiology, astronaut training and operations, as well as various topics in astronomy, environmental stewardship, and the interface between science and theology.

OnTheWayOut

I love such humongous logic leaps.
Basically, science is proving that the universe had a beginning, Genesis indicates that the earth and the heavens had a beginning, therefore Christianity is right.

Sorry, I read that the Holy Scriptures from The Flying Spaghetti Monster make the same claim:

1. In the beginning the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the heavens and the earth.

The same logic jump inescapably takes you to the conclusion that FSM made the universe.

Good day to you.

EndofMysteries

I'm posting all the text from the article here for future references, incase the link is bad one day if anybody is lurking or finds this thread.

he remarkable discovery, announced this week, of ripples in the space-time fabric of the universe rocked the world of science – and the world of religion.

Touted as evidence for inflation (a faster-than-the-speed-of-light expansion of our universe), the new discovery of traces of gravity waves affirms scientific concepts in the fields of cosmology, general relativity, and particle physics.

The new discovery also has significant implications for the Judeo-Christian worldview, offering strong support for biblical beliefs.

Here's how.

The prevalent theory of cosmic origins prior to the Big Bang theory was the “Steady State,” which argued that the universe has always existed, without a beginning that necessitated a cause.

However, this new evidence strongly suggests that there was a beginning to our universe.

If the universe did indeed have a beginning, by the simple logic of cause and effect, there had to be an agent – separate and apart from the effect – that caused it.

That sounds a lot like Genesis 1:1 to me: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.”

So this latest discovery is good news for us believers, as it adds scientific support to the idea that the universe was caused – or created – by something or someone outside it and not dependent on it.

MORE ON CNN: Big Bang breakthrough announced; gravitational waves detected

Atheist-turned-agnostic astronomer Fred Hoyle, who coined the term “Big Bang,” famously stated, “A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics."

As Hoyle saw it, the Big Bang was not a chaotic explosion, but rather a very highly ordered event – one that could not have occurred by random chance.

We also need to remember that God reveals himself both through scripture and creation. The challenge is in seeing how they fit together. A better understanding of each can inform our understanding of the other.

It’s not just about cracking open the Bible and reading whatever we find there from a 21st-century American perspective. We have to study the context, the culture, the genre, the authorship and the original audience to understand the intent.

The creation message in Genesis tells us that God created a special place for humans to live and thrive and be in communion with him; that God wants a relationship with us, and makes provisions for us to have fellowship with him, even after we turn away from him.

So, we know that Genesis was never intended to be a detailed scientific handbook, describing how God created the universe. It imparts a theological, not a scientific, message.

(Imagine how confusing messages about gravity waves and dark matter might be to ancient Hebrew readers.)

As a modern believer and a scientist, when I look up at the sky on a clear starry night, I am reminded that “the heavens declare the glory of God” (Psalm 19:1). I am in awe of the complexity of the physical world, and how all of its pieces fit together so perfectly and synergistically.

In the Old Testament book of Jeremiah, the writer tells us that God “established (his) covenant with day and night, and with the fixed laws of heaven and earth.”

These physical laws established by God to govern interactions between matter and energy result in a finely tuned universe that provides the ideal conditions for life on our planet.

As we observe the complexity of the cosmos, from subatomic particles to dark matter and dark energy, we quickly conclude that there must be a more satisfying explanation than random chance. Properly practiced, science can be an act of worship in looking at God’s revelation of himself in nature.

If God is truly the creator, then he will reveal himself through what he’s created, and science is a tool we can use to uncover those wonders.

Leslie Wickman is director of the Center for Research in Science at Azusa Pacific University. Wickman has also been an engineer for Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, where she worked on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station programs. The views expressed in this column belong to Wickman.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

If the universe did indeed have a beginning, by the simple logic of cause and effect, there had to be an agent

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Okay, then who created god???

If the Universe had to have an agent [god] as a "cause", then the Christian must explain who created god. If the answer is "no one, he's always existed, he didn't have a creator", then this articles musings are idiotic at best.

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And before anyone argues with me and says to read a basic book, note my name: anddontcallmeshirley, Phd. There, now I can say whatever I want....

cofty

If the universe did indeed have a beginning, by the simple logic of cause and effect, there had to be an agent – separate and apart from the effect – that caused it.

Facile nonsense.

If God is truly the creator, then he will reveal himself through what he’s created

This only works if you know nothing about the natural world apart from what you learned from Disney cartoons.

designs

So what exactly does having a asteroid hitting the earth every few million years and wiping out most life forms tell you about the Christian God.

EndofMysteries

"then the Christian must explain who created god"

Science or Religion or Science with Religion, those 3 options will all the have infinite unexplainable loop

Science - Our universe began with big bang. What created big bang? what created what created the big bang? and infinitely on

Religion - Our universe began with God creating everything. Who created God? who created what created God and infinitely on

Science/Religion - Our universe began when God created the stars and planets with the big bang. How did God create the big bang and after or if the start is determined who created God, who created what created God, and infinitely on.

There is NEVER going to be an answer we can discover by ourselves. If God is real, he may be able to explain it if he chooses to communicate it.

Each time we find the cause, in this case if it's the big bang, then it will be looking for the cause of what started it.

DJS

EOM,

I try to avoid these discussions, leaving them to the real experts like Cofy, Viviane and Snare. But the scientist you rerference appears to be a Christian opportunist tyring to link the discovery, in a completely non-scientific manner, to her god and her belief system. This really is pathetic and doesn't deserve serious discussion. My only response is where they hell has her god been all of these billions of years????? Having a drink and marveling and what he/she/it/they brought about? Because other than that I can't see that her god has been doing anything.

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