When was America great ?

[BengalYankee]

(07-10-2023, 01:36 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I think these are great questions, and thanks for engaging in them. Just a note before I continue, I don't mean to be agitating with my questions. I know these conversations can be tense and I want to make sure that its known that my intention isn't to put you down for your beliefs or make you feel wrong. We just have opposing viewpoints, but these have also been genuine questions and not "gotchas" from my end. 

 I think the answer is "we don't know for sure" but it is very possible that you would continue going on for eternity, yes. The universe is expanding, and is expanding at faster than the speed of light. This doesn't violate our understanding of physics, either. Only physical objects are limited by light speed, but something like the universe is not. So, no matter how fast of a vehicle you make, you will never be able to travel faster than light or the universe itself. So, you will keep going for eternity. That is my understanding. 


Time and space are interwoven - without space, there is no time. So, yes, the Big Bang would have been the beginning of time, or at least our timeline. The question that comes up often is "what was before" and of course, we don't know for sure. It is very possible that we will never know. One theory is that the universe may go in cycles of expansion and contraction. If this is true, then the universe would eventually stop expanding and begin contracting down to a singularity. At that point, it would explode again and start the process over. There are others but again, we have no idea. However, Stephen Hawking once made a comment on this very discussion that I found has sat with me over time. During a conversation of what preceded the Big Bang, Hawking replied "what is south of the South Pole?"

 Well, the answer to that is "nothing". You can't go south from the south pole. You are at south. As I said earlier, time and space are interwoven. Without   space, there is no time. The Big Bang theory asserts that before the universe, the entire universe was packed into a singularity that became so dense and hot, it exploded. We are able to see the remnants of that explosion in the cosmic background radiation. Anything that occurred before the Big Bang is simply undefined - time did not exist and we have no way of observing them. The universe was in a singularity, and it is possible that there was no beginning or creation of this singularity. Of course, it could also be that universes expand and contract. We don't know and may never know, but we do work to provide logical answers grounded in our understanding of physics. Using this method, we have been able to explain several previously unknown things about our universe. It has been effective, which is why we rely on it. 

Hi KillerGoose,

Your conversation and answers are excellent. There are some members here if you don't agree with their opinions, they will run to the moderators to get you banned. That is why I don't like posting much in this so called "Political & Religion" forum.

The issue is even if I did not believe in God, I could never believe that the Big Bang Theory started every Universe out there, or that the Big Bang Theory was the start of time. To me that doesn't make sense, just like I think if you go in a straight line in space in one direction and you traveled the speed of light aka Superman. You will never hit a wall. Time precedes the Big Bang Theory. I understand these two concepts better than I can understand God's plan. Again, I don't why God does what he does.    God knows all. Yes, God even knows how many hairs you have on your head. Circling back to the theme of this thread. I do believe one day that we will a New Earth, America. I hope to see you there.