"In the Beginning...." Creationism vs. the Big Bang Theory / Evolution.

 "In the Beginning....."

What better place to start.  As many can gather, just by the name of the blog, I am a follower of Jesus Christ, and therefore, I am what is commonly known as a "Creationist". 

Why? After all, we live in a world that bombards us almost daily with the idea that "Evolution is a scientific fact". 

However, I am a born skeptic, and I never believe anything I see on t.v., or hear on the radio, or whatever. I generally take it as a rumor until I double-check. 

Point # 1:  NO, Evolution is NOT a scientific fact... (No, wait! Keep reading) at least not in the sense that most use it these days.

The confusion comes from the simple fact that there are actually 2 different types of evolution. 

Type 1: Micro-Evolution:  This one is when a species changes in appearance, or whatever, to adjust to changes in its environment. Also known as "Adaptation". THIS is a scientific fact. Example: A brown species of butterfly, can change its coloration to white over time if something happens to the environment to change the tree bark of the area to white....as happened in locations near the Chornobyl disaster. 

            

            However...

Type 2:  Macro-Evolution: This is when one species or organism, changes into a completely DIFFERENT species or organism over large spans of time.  THIS is a scientific THEORY.....it has never been proven, and (let's just be honest) it will never be proven (I'm sure many will disagree with that last part, and that's fine. But let's be reasonable. None of us are going to be around for the, literally MILLIONS of years it would take to prove something like that, anyway).

I KNOW that statement will still tick off some people. I'm not trying to offend anyone. But I'm not the kind of person to adjust what I know to be true, just because someone else doesn't want to hear it. Truth is truth. If I tell you the sky is blue, and you argue and say it's not, it's Green with yellow polka-dots......that doesn't make the fact that it actually IS blue, any less truthful. 

However, I don't blame most people for not knowing the above information. We are intentionally told time and time again that "Evolution is a scientific fact"....and never told that "Only one TYPE of evolution is actually a scientific fact". People in government and media, know all too well that if they continuously say something enough, people will start to believe it.....and they've been saying that for MANY years. 

I have a list of reasons that I don't believe in Macro-Evolution....other than its complete inability to be proven. 

(O.k., please excuse me, while I deviate ever so slightly from the original topic, as this is connected).

The truth is, I, personally, believe that every single person who genuinely insists on believing in the theory of evolution, does so, at least on a subconscious level, because of their personal need to not acknowledge the existence of God. It's easier for people to deny or ignore God's existence in order to allow them to, simply, not bother to even think about if the way they are living their life is right or wrong, or even if any being could have that kind of overall control over their personal existence. 

I, personally, don't have a problem with acknowledging this. I find it quite logical, and even comforting. To me, it's the same as acknowledging that I came from an earthly father and mother. I didn't just magically appear here. 

Getting back to the original topic...

Both theories of creation start from a place of nothing. There was nothing....and then something happened to change that. 

The big bang theory believes that a giant explosion happened that launched matter in all directions. That matter began swirling around and condensing over time and eventually became planets, stars, etc.

So, what are my problems with this theory?

Well, for starters, any legitimate scientist will tell you that you can't make something out of nothing....so where did that matter come from? What caused the energy needed to CREATE that explosion? If there was nothing, then there would not have been any force to act on any (non-existent) matter, to make it explode. 

Einstein, himself, stated in his theory of relativity that "space and time are relative, and all motion must be relative to a frame of reference". If you put 3 stuffed animals, or whatever, on an old playground merry-go-round, and spin them as fast as you can, clockwise.....what happens when they eventually all fly off?

They all spin clockwise as they are sailing through the air. 

This is a proven scientific principle. Try it. 
This means that if you have matter, spinning in a void, and it explodes outward ... YES, the matter will spin, and over time collect... HOWEVER, All of the matter would be spinning in the same direction. 

Some of the planets in our own solar system (Venus and Uranus) are actually spinning the opposite way. 

Back to Einstein's (now proven) theories, you can't have time, without space...and you can't have space without time. 

Also, it has been scientifically proven over and over again, that you can't have matter without space for the matter to exist in....and so these three things (space, matter, and time) can only exist if all three exist together simultaneously. Therefore, science, ITSELF, disagrees with the idea that matter was just spinning in one location before exploding and causing time and space. 

Think about it. Seriously, take a step back, and think about it. It just doesn't fit. 

If time, space, and matter, each require the other two components to exist in order for itself to exist....then they all had to begin at the exact same moment and location. 

This means, prior to that specific moment NONE of them could have existed. 

So, imagine a big, black void.....Now the big bang theory states that a big explosion happened that created time, space, and all of the matter of the universe.....but if it was just a big black void.....where was the mass? Note, I said there was a black void. This does not mean there was space. On the contrary, there was just nothing. Nothing at all...(or was there? Keep reading)

So, if there was just nothing....then there was no force or energy to create the explosion, and no mass to explode. 

It just doesn't make any sense to me. I've asked Evolutionists / Atheists / etc. to explain this many, many times. No one has ever been able to (and most get very angry with me for having the audacity to question them on it). 

Now, here is why I DO believe in God / Intelligent Creation...

If there was just a void....a large nothing....then the ONLY scientific way that something could act on the void to change that is if there was something that existed BEFORE time. Something that existed OUTSIDE of space. And that something could not be comprised of matter either. (Hmm, what ... or WHOM ... could fit that description?)

And if that something, then caused time, space, and matter, to come into existence....how could it have done so without some intelligence behind it? I mean, if there was nothing, including time, then the only logical way that it could change when it did, was if some being, or some existing unknown force, CHOSE to make it happen. 

I dare anyone to provide a situation where there is nothing ... and nothing acts on it ... and SOMETHING is created. 

NOW, let's say there was no matter, no time, no space, just a void ... but something existed OUTSIDE of those three things. And that something had intelligence, and was aware of itself and the "nothingness". Then that intelligent something, then CHOSE to start time, space, and matter. 

Genesis 1: 1 -  "In the beginning (time) God (an intelligence that existed outside of time, space, and matter) created the heavens (space) and the earth (matter). 

Oftentimes, people then say "Well, if God created the universe, then where did God come from?"....but from a purely scientific perspective, this question doesn't make sense. 

"Where did God come from?" implies a beginning to God. 

And, a beginning would also require time. 

We've already established that this "intelligence" that we call God, exists outside of time. 

Therefore, there WAS no beginning to God....he just was.  At least that is as far as the human psyche can fathom at this stage of our own existence.  

It is easy to understand why people have trouble understanding this. Using the other side of this argument's own terminology....we, as humans, haven't "evolved" far enough to fully comprehend it. We have existed within the realm of time since the very first human walked the earth. 

It's all we've ever really known, so to understand a concept outside of that is very difficult for us to fathom. It's much easier to just make up whatever excuses we can to ignore it. 

Even people who do believe in evolution are themselves, ignoring the concept of what existed before time because it's just a lot to try and wrap our brains around. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try.  

That is the other argument I get from Atheists / Evolutionists. If I say we can't fully understand how God existed prior to time, then why is it so wrong that we can't understand where the energy came from to start the big bang theory? 

Answer: Because either way (Creation or Big Bang), SOMETHING with some intelligence would have had to act, in order for either one to occur.  Only one of the theories acknowledges that basic fact.  

The one who actually existed during that point before time began, has provided us with the Bible. The most popular, most misunderstood, and most often misquoted book to ever exist. 

If you really want to learn more, and not just follow the crowd like sheep either because it is easier, or because you genuinely don't WANT to know if you've missed something important (which, some that I've met genuinely don't), then you need to take time to read it in its entirety, for yourself.  

I pray for your wisdom and understanding.  May God bless you.