There are lots of things in the world I don't understand, but I don't go making up omniscient beings to compensate for my lack of understanding.
That's really not the reason people seek God; explaining something they just don't understand. That would be like defensively hiding behind a blanket, fearful that it could one day collapse; true christians are far from this. In fact, the entire Bible, and other belief systems that were mentioned in this thread, don't cover creation beyond a "genesis" stage - none were really science oriented text books, nor we're they meant to be. So to hold one book, let's say the bible, in question because it doesn't explain the Pythagorean Theorum, would denote it across all religions, which wasn't noted in the posts. The challenge was then against the belief system. The roots of this has to be more than just science oriented, since the book isn't defined as a science "text book"; understanding the root cause of "distaste" should be the first step.
So the Hitler Channel got it wrong. Earth=4.4, Universe=14+
What scientists look for are specific types of rocks that they believe exist in the universe in a "given form" (type and mineral content - primordial minerals), that would predate the "origin" of the earth (since these elements would have to come together to make the earth and other planets). Postulating that since the universe seems to be expanding, all matter had to have originated from a central point, and some force had to exist to force everything outward (an object in motion..., if it contracts, it would be gravity, based on their limited understanding of creation [everything, not just our small universe] as a whole).
The idea that the "rules" of time and space didn't yet exist, goes back to Einstein and other theoretical physcists ... time and space based on the form and function of matter at it's most basic level (an intertwined behavior of all things based the very nature of atoms and their relationship to each other) - ie., slow down matter, you slow down time, since all decay is based on the action (movement) of matter (or atoms), whether by losing atomic mass, or exchanging it for use in forming other compounds, or from simple reaction; slow down matter, aging slows. Since the universe wasn't in existance yet (in physical form), time must not have existed, since it was completely dependant on the final form of matter itself - space had to, since matter occupied it. Which leaves us with only one part of a relative equation.
The problem with that, is that science teaches us that all things have a repeating "shape" and "form" (in an abstract term, ie.,. logically all things follow this path because they must), and that nothing in and of itself, is self creating, only reactive. Therefore, matter from the big bang, would still have to follow a given pattern, previously defined by something - otherwise it would be nothing. So, time and space would still have existed, and all new matter merely fell back into that "form", taking time for everything to finally find it's own balance (which will continue until time itself finds it's end) - we see it as that in it's current state.
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Mike.
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