Matters of Life and Death- Origins and value of the universe

Origins and value of the universe

The main scientific explanation for the origin of the universe is the big bang theory. Christians today have different responses to this theory.

The Big Bang Theory

-The scientific Big Bang Theory is the belief that an enormous explosion started the universe around 14 billion years ago. It suggests that all matter was was concentrated into a great mass, which then began to expand to form the universe.

-Georges Lemaitre is thought to be the fist person to write about this idea, in 1927. He proposed the theory of the expansion of the universe, which was later called the Big Bang…