I know I'm a christian and I believe that g-d made the world but I imagain as if the world itself made is self if so HOw did it make it self? Why? Whatever for?
I know I'm a christian and I believe that g-d made the world but I imagain as if the world itself made is self if so HOw did it make it self? Why? Whatever for?
What? Why is this posted under Astronomy?
Christians believe God made the world. He may have used evolution or He may have used the Big Bang idea or He may have made the world some other way. Some Christians believe He made the world around 6,000-7,000 years ago; others believe it happened millions and billions of years ago.
Now, why did God create the world?
God made it, he spoke and it came into existence.
How he had it made only he knows
Hi Laura
It is probably worth keeping in mind that the Big Bang is now only one of a number of competing theories for the beginning of the universe. These other theories incorporate what might be termed, 'Big Bang like events'.
Science is very good at telling us how the universe evolved into stars, galaxies and planets. However, science does not investigate what might be termed, 'first cause arguments'. Your statement seems to confuse first cause and function. We need to keep these explanations apart when doing science.
Tut
Laura:
You asked: How did the world make itself? I think Tut's answer is a good start. The mechanism of star and planet formation is a very actrive area of study by astronomers and physicists. If you're interested in details regarding current theories, post back and I can point you to some good resources on the web.
You also asked: "why? whatever for?" That is not a question for scientists. We can only talk about "what"; in science there is no "why."
Why is this in Astronomy??
I don't see what the problem is - the OP asked how the earth came to be, which is a perfectly valid question to ask in a science forum. The only problem is that some of the responses (Wondergirl, Fr_Chuck) were not appropriate as answers in a science forum.
The OP asked about the earth (although the title was "Big Bang"). The only other category that is close would be geology. There is no "earth science" forum here. So I don't see any more approriate science forum than astronomy - it's a branch of science that encompasses cosmology (including the Big Bang) and planetary science (including the study of planet formation mechanisms, for the earth and other planets).
I interpreted her post as being along the lines of "I believe that God created the world, but I'm asking in a science forum if you leave God out (the world made itself, in her words) then how was the earth created." I find that perfectly OK.
It is a cosmological question, or a type of cosmology. As there is no cosmology section I guess astronomy is probably a good starting point. Philosophy would be another.
Cosmological questions about the nature of the universe have in the past attempted to include metaphysical explanations. Today, metaphysical explanations tend to to put to one side by cosmologists because of more attractive theories when it comes to the origins of the universe, e.g. String Theory.
Tut
P.S. How does one explain cosmology to a 10 year old?
She didn't ask about the Big Bang theory or any other theory. I think that concept is beyond a 10-year old.
She asked if the World made itself, how and why. The Big Bang explanation came later.
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