When did the Universe begin, and how? ... The first few chapters of the book describe the history of cosmological thought, from the Greek philosophers and scientists to the modern times. ... Although quotes are used from reliable sources, the author imposes his view on the audience and from the name of the magazine it can be assumed that a particular slant will be taken. ... This article is not highly useful when it comes to the explanation and the evidence for the Big Bang theory and alternative resources containing explanation of the theory, its views and issues should be consulted as the ar...

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Could it be just as easy to make a universe? ... How exactly this can be achieved depends on the details of physics at extremely high levels of energy (more than a trillion times higher than modern particle accelerators), which at present we have no way of knowing. ... While a black hole is interesting, it would certainly be viewed as a disappointment by our would-be universe creator. ... A new universe has been created, and the parent universe is unharmed -- universe creation is not a doomsday machine. From the point of view of the parent universe, the "umbilical cord" of the child universe i...

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Some modern scientists believe this is because of how long the universe has existed and the possibility that small changes could have taken place. ... I planned on learning the difference in what an infinite universe would have compared to a finite universe when composing theories, although the thought of an infinite universe still baffles me. ... Despite these massive life obstacles he has still managed to be a top-selling author and more importantly the leading scientist of the modern era. ... His first works did not include the thought of imaginary time or an infinite universe, but recent s...

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If we said that God was "whatever sustains the universe in existence" we would be somewhere near to what Aquinas was saying, but this "whatever" may be some way from the traditional view of God. ... Assuming that the Big Bang is correct the universe will continue to expand and freeze - then there was a beginning to the universe. ... William Lane Craig developed a modern version of the argument in his book, The Kalam Cosmoligical Argument (1979). ... Craig concluded that "if the universe began to exist, and if the universe is caused, then the cause of the universe must be a personal being wh...

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Despite the lack of documentation of this God, no pictures, no signatures, no spiritual presence in modern day life. ... To see and hear absolutely everything in our universe, there most definitely could be more than one god. ... Many theories have interesting perspectives in regards to his existence, one of the most intriguing views comes from Panentheists. ... Therefore Panentheism can argue the fact of there being an infinite amount of "God's" in our universe. ... On a worldly point of view, each and everyone of us could be our own God therefore there are over seven billi...

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