Big bang

Another Big Bang By-Product

References to the big bang refer not necessarily to the original big bang theory but rather our latest, best understanding of the origins of the universe according to science, regardless of what form it takes.

It makes no difference whether all matter was concentrated in a single point that exploded into an expanding universe, arose spontaneously across an infinite empty space, oscillates between periods of expansion and contraction, or any other theory that agrees with the observable data.

"We're all in the big bang gang." -Cunk and Cox

The specifics of the way it happened are not going to be known with certainty within our lifetimes. However, we can be certain that there was no supernatural entity involved, and the explanation we eventually find will conform to the laws of physics. We know that our current understanding of these laws is incomplete, but we also know that the universe behaves according to immutable universal forces. The rules that explain its behavior must eventually explain its origins.

See Creation Story for details on the latest scientific theories of our origins and creative ways to explain it.