jeudi 3 juillet 2008

Not so Big Bang

Scientists have called into question the Big Bang theory recently (see the New Scientist June 15). On the face of it, the whole theory does seem like a God replacement. But the universe can't have come out of nothing at all - since energy can neither be created nor destroyed. And no one could have 'made it' since they would have to have been something material in the first place to make anything at all. The mystery is of a universe infinite and thus not 'created' (or else how could it be infinite in time and space). Just like the universe is not 'indifferent' or 'cold' (but of course, neither is it 'warm' and 'friendly'!). Only anthropomorphically inclined thinking could lead to such banalities.