Big Bang Theory vs. Creationism
There are many topics that science and religion have opposing views on and continue to debate. One of these subjects that has received a great deal of attention and has placed an enormous wedge between the two realms is the varying opinions concerning the creation of the universe. For nearly a century, scientists have explained this phenomenon with the Big Bang theory, whereas spiritual thinkers have long placed their faith in the Genesis creation account. Both submit valid arguments, however, it is ultimately up to each individual to decide which testimony to accept as truth and to consider if it is possible that both opinions could co-exist. The Big Bang theory, conceived in the early 1920’s, states that approximately 13.7 billion years ago the universe began as an infinitely small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense singularity, which is an area of intense gravitational pressure thought to exist at the cores of black holes (Big Bang theory: An overview, 2002). Scientists believe that vacuum fluctuation created this singularity, but they are unsure where it came from and why it they appeared. Prior to this singularity, it is thought that nothing existed; not space, not time, not matter. Rather than being an intense explosion as many picture, the Big Bang theory suggests that the singularity rapidly inflated; expanded and cooled; going from very, very small and very, very hot to the size and temperature the universe is today (Big Bang theory: An overview, 2002). The Big Bang theory has many supporters both in and apart from the field of science because there are several arguments that determine that this account is certainly feasible. The foundation for this belief is that science has undoubtedly determined that the universe has a definite beginning. Also, Hubble’s Law states that galaxies appear to be moving away from us (Big Bang theory: An overview, 2002). This presumption suggests that the universe is currently expanding and cooling and also supports the
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