THE BIG BANG

Modern theory tells us that the universe began several billion years ago with a cosmic explosion from an infinitesimal point of nothingness. In the process, all forms of space, time, matter, and energy were created simultaneously—literally from nothing.

Although this theory is enormously popular, it amounts to little more than a modern creation myth. There is no doubt that it can be used to explain many circumstances that are otherwise unexplainable, but its starting premise is flawed logically. The dictates of pure reason tell us that something cannot be created from nothing. In order for the universe to be created, it must have been made from something, though modern science is mute as to what that mysterious something might have been. If we assume the Big Bang is a starting premise, the subsequent explanation of creation can be expressed logically, though it is rooted in an unexplained miracle.