"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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: "surf" wrote in message
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: "Trevor Wilson" wrote ...
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: **There is no such thing as nothingness. In our universe, there is always
: something, somewhere. It may be matter, or energy.
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: +**The universe always was. Before the Big Bang, the universe was smaller
: and very different to what is here now.

+ nope that's nonsense. we have a hard time reasoning back to the first
instances of the Big Bang, -no way- *anything* can be said, based on
science that is, about a 'before'. In fact, stating it that way makes it clear,
your idea of the big bang is severely flawed.

time and space *started* with the Big Bang, so there _is no before_
is what science tells us.

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: ok. gotcha. something exploded becoming our universe as we know it.
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: **No. The universe EXPANDED (explosion is not really the correct term) and
: is still expanding.

correct.

+The universe always was. It was just different to what
: it is now. And now. And now. And now.
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: this universe has a set of physical attributes. The thing that exploded
: probably had a different set.
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: **Maybe. We don't know enough, yet. Ascribing the unknown to the
: supernatural is the province of a closed, primitive mind. We will eventually
: uncover more detail about the early universe. Religion has no answers to
: assist in uncovering what went before.

Maybe not, but science has neither - it's a full stop.
Rudy

: One attribute was spontaneous banging.
: cool.
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: **Hot, actually. Very, very hot.
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: Trevor Wilson