The Big Bang, Philosophy and God
If you've been following the news of the Malaysia Airlines MH370, you may have been like me trying to theoretically deduce the mystery behind what happened. But a larger mystery lurks behind the scenes. It is possibly one of the most important scientific discoveries of mankind.... we have come across evidence that opens new doors regarding the mystery behind the beginning of the universe and how we came into existence... I am so glad that this has happened in my lifetime.
We have now come across hard evidence supporting the theory big bang.
As soon as I heard about this discovery, my heartbeat dropped and I had to find out more.
Astrophysicists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center have observed gravitational waves — the first ever direct evidence of the Big Bang, the theory that the entire universe sprung into existence from a tiny spot in the universe 13.8 billion years ago. These ripples in space, point towards we came from a big bang.
Astrophysicists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center have observed gravitational waves — the first ever direct evidence of the Big Bang, the theory that the entire universe sprung into existence from a tiny spot in the universe 13.8 billion years ago. These ripples in space, point towards we came from a big bang.
Whilst this confirms the views of many atheists that we came from nothing (ex nihilo), it will be interesting to see many muslims, christians, jews, hindus and other world religions to come out with their own reasoning that may adapt to this new discovery.
A new debate begins. Fire is added.
So what are the religious and philosophical interpretations and implications?
Are the universe, the laws of science, universal phenomena, living beings and we ourselves the products of sheer coincidence or are we designed?
The answers we reach will have decisive effects on what we must believe and whether life has meaning or not. The beliefs we hold and our concept of life influence formative aspects of our lifestyle such as ethics. Our opinion of the universe is consequential. Our view of it shapes the view we have of ourselves, which is but a fragment of it.
I'd like to keep this for a future blog post where I do some research into this, but at the moment it seems that the majority of religions are offer rather pseudoscience explanations behind the mechanisms of our world, perhaps a result of cognitive dissonance? I believe the the truth lies in gaining the widest perspective and firm grounding in facts and rationality involving links between science, philosophy, cosmology, physics and mathematics. But given our humanness, I believe some room may be given for discrepancy for beliefs as long as they are not extreme and bring positivity and benefit to the world, for it's not the truth that matters, but rather how we live our life towards enlightenment and satisfaction.
More of the discovery can be found on livescience here.