wtf happened before the big bang?

[Diffusion]

But the big bang theory isn't purported to have created galaxies, but instead the ENTIRE universe originated from it. From nothing came everything we know to exist. No recollection of how this matter happened to appear out of nowhere, just blind faith that it did.

Not true. You're making incorrect assumption that the Big Bang theory claims that the universe was created out of "nothing" or "appeared out of nowhere", which is not the case at all. The Big Bang theory describes that the universe was once a very small, infinitely dense singularity, from which the observable universe we see today expanded from and evolved through a series of chemical and particle interactions. For the expansion to occur there must have been already pre-existing matter. How did it get there? We're not sure, but that is not what the Big Bang theory seeks to explain. The theory only seeks to explain the expansion of the pre-existing singularity into the observable universe we see today.

Believing in this theory makes believing in intelligent design just as plausible. They're both deemed as impossibilities, only one generally backs up their assertation with historical religious scripture, where the other doesn't. Science as we know it cannot define either, and therefore cannot confirm the truth and validity of either. Beyond this, we start delving into the metaphysical... which is far beyond the realms of science.

Again, not true. The Big Bang theory is seen as an impossibility only by people who have an extremely limited understanding of what the theory is, what it states, and what evidence we have to support it. How can you expect someone to accept the theory when their entire understanding of it is wrong?

And also, why do you assume that the Big Bang theory and Intelligent Design are mutually exclusive? We can infer everything we know about the Big Bang theory from observable evidence we see today - the exponential expansion of the universe, the cosmic background radiation, abundance of light elements over heavy elements, etc. This is what we see, and this is exactly what one would expect from a "Big Bang" universe. One can easily assume that the Big Bang expansion is simply God's method of creation rather than rejecting the theory all together.

Diffusion Reviewed by Diffusion on 03-08-2008. wtf happened before the big bang? i was high one day and was thinking about the big bang and stuff. and thought what happened before the big bang? scientist always talk about the big bang and everything that happened after that, but none talk about before the big bang? Rating: 5