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	<title>Comments on: What existed before the Big Bang?</title>
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		<title>By: DJ</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-6206</link>
		<dc:creator>DJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find it interesting that some people need to know WHY we exist. Why should there be a reason why we exist at all - we just do - enjoy the journey, it&#039;s the only certainty you have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it interesting that some people need to know WHY we exist. Why should there be a reason why we exist at all &#8211; we just do &#8211; enjoy the journey, it&#8217;s the only certainty you have.</p>
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		<title>By: TNT</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4319</link>
		<dc:creator>TNT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I died - but my mind lived on and floated UP thru the bars and building I was in.I was a cloud of some sort,and I was enlightened(happy?)  Was this a spirit or energy? They shocked me and brought me back-but I tried to fight it.I was upset that I had to go back to my body.Now I am much older and have grandchildren,and glad I went back.What happened to me? Many questions will not be answered in life, but maybe in death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I died &#8211; but my mind lived on and floated UP thru the bars and building I was in.I was a cloud of some sort,and I was enlightened(happy?)  Was this a spirit or energy? They shocked me and brought me back-but I tried to fight it.I was upset that I had to go back to my body.Now I am much older and have grandchildren,and glad I went back.What happened to me? Many questions will not be answered in life, but maybe in death.</p>
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		<title>By: medina</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4309</link>
		<dc:creator>medina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There never was a big bang.Because you can&#039;t have a bang without space and it could not be big because everything was condensed into the size of a dime.So therefore it can best be described as a small chime not a big bang.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There never was a big bang.Because you can&#8217;t have a bang without space and it could not be big because everything was condensed into the size of a dime.So therefore it can best be described as a small chime not a big bang.</p>
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		<title>By: Luke</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4272</link>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What if God is nothing more than energy/thought? Energy is eternal and infinite, are these not the properties given to God?

Although I am not a religious person in the true sense of the word, thinking of things this way does raise some deep questions.

The only thing that actually exists is energy (even space is energy), energy is everything, the question is what causes this energy to differentiate into relatively different objects and what sets this energy into relative motion?

If everything in the universe is energy, does this not mean that consciousness is energy and energy is consciousness? Consciousness is after all part of the universe and as such must be made of energy like everything else.

The one question that can never be answered, not even by God, is why is there existence at all? God does not even know why he exists. Is this the purpose of the universe? Is God trying to come to terms with his own existence?

We are all God, were we not created in his image? Do we not ask the some question he asks himself? Why do I exist?

If anyone would like to chat with me about anything feel free to contact me via email/msn at kelei_kurtzen@hotmail.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if God is nothing more than energy/thought? Energy is eternal and infinite, are these not the properties given to God?</p>
<p>Although I am not a religious person in the true sense of the word, thinking of things this way does raise some deep questions.</p>
<p>The only thing that actually exists is energy (even space is energy), energy is everything, the question is what causes this energy to differentiate into relatively different objects and what sets this energy into relative motion?</p>
<p>If everything in the universe is energy, does this not mean that consciousness is energy and energy is consciousness? Consciousness is after all part of the universe and as such must be made of energy like everything else.</p>
<p>The one question that can never be answered, not even by God, is why is there existence at all? God does not even know why he exists. Is this the purpose of the universe? Is God trying to come to terms with his own existence?</p>
<p>We are all God, were we not created in his image? Do we not ask the some question he asks himself? Why do I exist?</p>
<p>If anyone would like to chat with me about anything feel free to contact me via email/msn at <a href="mailto:kelei_kurtzen@hotmail.com">kelei_kurtzen@hotmail.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Luke</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4271</link>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reality the only thing that truly exists is infinite energy with infinite potential. Relative motion  and differentiation of this energy creates everything. 

The only things you can ever say there are only one of are infinity and zero, there is only one infinity, there is only one zero, hence zero, infinty and one are all the same.

There is only oneness, it is both nothing (zero) and infinite (everything).

We have no proof that consciousness can be created from matter, however we do have proof that matter can be created by consciousness, we do it in dreams all the time.

Scientists do not actually know what &quot;energy&quot; is. What if energy is nothing more than thought? Energy can create matter, so can dreams/thought, are they one and the same?

Some things to think about my friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reality the only thing that truly exists is infinite energy with infinite potential. Relative motion  and differentiation of this energy creates everything. </p>
<p>The only things you can ever say there are only one of are infinity and zero, there is only one infinity, there is only one zero, hence zero, infinty and one are all the same.</p>
<p>There is only oneness, it is both nothing (zero) and infinite (everything).</p>
<p>We have no proof that consciousness can be created from matter, however we do have proof that matter can be created by consciousness, we do it in dreams all the time.</p>
<p>Scientists do not actually know what &#8220;energy&#8221; is. What if energy is nothing more than thought? Energy can create matter, so can dreams/thought, are they one and the same?</p>
<p>Some things to think about my friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Luke</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4270</link>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you were not born, the universe would not exist to you, this is true nothingness, any being with awareness can not ever imagine &quot;nothingness&quot; because the very act of consciously thinking about something and being aware of it actually creates it, even if it&#039;s only in your mind. 

Our minds are part of the universe, hence anything created by our mind also becomes part of the universe.

Existence is awareness, nothing exists unless something is aware of it. The universe was not created and we have no logical reason to suggest it was created. Energy can not be created or destroyed, hence it has existed eternally.

Time is an illusion created by our limited perception, time is nothing more than relative motion between different objects, the only reason we even have &quot;days&quot; is because the earth and sun happen to rotate/orbit at a particular speed relative to each other. If there was only 1 object in existence there would be no time because time requires relative motion between at least 2 seperate objects.

Imagine time standing still, all motion would freeze, the universe would literally stand still, the same MUST work in reverse, if all motion stopped it would mean time would stop.

Time is nothing more than the relative motion of objects, thinking about relativity this way actually makes far more sense, the speed of light will always be the same regardless of your movement speed because motion is always relative.

Time did not begin, nor will it end, in fact it doesn&#039;t exist at all. Time is nothing more than relative motion of mass/energy within space.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you were not born, the universe would not exist to you, this is true nothingness, any being with awareness can not ever imagine &#8220;nothingness&#8221; because the very act of consciously thinking about something and being aware of it actually creates it, even if it&#8217;s only in your mind. </p>
<p>Our minds are part of the universe, hence anything created by our mind also becomes part of the universe.</p>
<p>Existence is awareness, nothing exists unless something is aware of it. The universe was not created and we have no logical reason to suggest it was created. Energy can not be created or destroyed, hence it has existed eternally.</p>
<p>Time is an illusion created by our limited perception, time is nothing more than relative motion between different objects, the only reason we even have &#8220;days&#8221; is because the earth and sun happen to rotate/orbit at a particular speed relative to each other. If there was only 1 object in existence there would be no time because time requires relative motion between at least 2 seperate objects.</p>
<p>Imagine time standing still, all motion would freeze, the universe would literally stand still, the same MUST work in reverse, if all motion stopped it would mean time would stop.</p>
<p>Time is nothing more than the relative motion of objects, thinking about relativity this way actually makes far more sense, the speed of light will always be the same regardless of your movement speed because motion is always relative.</p>
<p>Time did not begin, nor will it end, in fact it doesn&#8217;t exist at all. Time is nothing more than relative motion of mass/energy within space.</p>
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		<title>By: dino</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-4268</link>
		<dc:creator>dino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems to me that the more we discover the less we know! Scientists and theologians can theorize all they want, in the end NO ONE KNOWS and whoever thinks they do is living in there own world. I have studied many theories, wondered countless possibilities&#039;believe me i have a very broad imagination&#039; and the whole subject is mind blowing! We are not ready for the answers and none of us have the ability to understand them. 
The greatest knowledge we posses is that which we can understand. I have no doubt that there is energy of a higher level out there and patience, acceptance and above all faith will help us see the light.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems to me that the more we discover the less we know! Scientists and theologians can theorize all they want, in the end NO ONE KNOWS and whoever thinks they do is living in there own world. I have studied many theories, wondered countless possibilities&#8217;believe me i have a very broad imagination&#8217; and the whole subject is mind blowing! We are not ready for the answers and none of us have the ability to understand them.<br />
The greatest knowledge we posses is that which we can understand. I have no doubt that there is energy of a higher level out there and patience, acceptance and above all faith will help us see the light.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-3560</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those of you who are pure physicists and mathemeticians, I suggest you study the workings of DNA and RNA. Those who lack this biochemical knowledge are sorely at a disadvantage in considering cosmological/physical questions. You will immediately understand that these codes could not have come about by chance. DNA and RNA are proof of creation. Studying biochemistry as a Zoo major is what flipped me from agnostic to creationist. What is impossible to grasp is the nature of the creator. Where did HE come from, and how? And when? The Creator is as impossible to understand as the concept of the Big Bang, or what came before the Big Bang. They are equally untenable concepts. However, knowledge of the workings of DNA and RNA prove creation, so I choose to believe in it. Our thoughts on these matters are nothing more than a choice of belief. I choose belief in Creation because I understand how RNA and DNA work. I choose Christianity because I read the New Testament, and bought it. Not being the Creator is extraordinarily vexing to me, because there is no way to understand the &#039;Why&quot; previously referenced. If God and the humans are all that matters, why have the inconceivably vast Universe? Very perplexing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who are pure physicists and mathemeticians, I suggest you study the workings of DNA and RNA. Those who lack this biochemical knowledge are sorely at a disadvantage in considering cosmological/physical questions. You will immediately understand that these codes could not have come about by chance. DNA and RNA are proof of creation. Studying biochemistry as a Zoo major is what flipped me from agnostic to creationist. What is impossible to grasp is the nature of the creator. Where did HE come from, and how? And when? The Creator is as impossible to understand as the concept of the Big Bang, or what came before the Big Bang. They are equally untenable concepts. However, knowledge of the workings of DNA and RNA prove creation, so I choose to believe in it. Our thoughts on these matters are nothing more than a choice of belief. I choose belief in Creation because I understand how RNA and DNA work. I choose Christianity because I read the New Testament, and bought it. Not being the Creator is extraordinarily vexing to me, because there is no way to understand the &#8216;Why&#8221; previously referenced. If God and the humans are all that matters, why have the inconceivably vast Universe? Very perplexing.</p>
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		<title>By: Christion</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-3398</link>
		<dc:creator>Christion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To me, I see things different,very different! How can a Rolex watch be created from a big bang? Think about it, our solar system is as, or more complex than a Rolex watch right! My thinking on all this is tha someone, something, or something else created our solar system. I am sure the universe did not create itself, nothing comes from nothing! Remember, Einstein told us so!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To me, I see things different,very different! How can a Rolex watch be created from a big bang? Think about it, our solar system is as, or more complex than a Rolex watch right! My thinking on all this is tha someone, something, or something else created our solar system. I am sure the universe did not create itself, nothing comes from nothing! Remember, Einstein told us so!</p>
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		<title>By: Satviewer</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2006/08/21/ask-snyder-bang/comment-page-3/#comment-3362</link>
		<dc:creator>Satviewer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What was there before the Big Bang and the creation of &quot;our&quot; Universe? Our Universe is but an infant at under 20 billion years old. The &quot;Omniverse&quot;, the infinite space which holds our Universe has existed for longer than our wildest imaginations. During a virtually infinite amount of time, trillions upon trillions of Universes have come into existence, grown old, and eventually died. The reason our Universe is not entirely symmetrical is likely because it is expanding into the remnants of old and dead universe(s). Dark Matter may simply be material left over from old and dead universe(s), which is why our technology is unable to analyse and define it. Dark matter exerts gravitational force (the constant force in all dimensions and throughout the Omniverse), but our instruments are not designed to analyse the matter of other universe(s). Our Universe will eventually die and join the remnants of other Universes. New Universes are continually being created within the Omniverse. If we can one day see far enough, beyond the borders of our own Universe, perhaps we will be able to see light from another Universe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What was there before the Big Bang and the creation of &#8220;our&#8221; Universe? Our Universe is but an infant at under 20 billion years old. The &#8220;Omniverse&#8221;, the infinite space which holds our Universe has existed for longer than our wildest imaginations. During a virtually infinite amount of time, trillions upon trillions of Universes have come into existence, grown old, and eventually died. The reason our Universe is not entirely symmetrical is likely because it is expanding into the remnants of old and dead universe(s). Dark Matter may simply be material left over from old and dead universe(s), which is why our technology is unable to analyse and define it. Dark matter exerts gravitational force (the constant force in all dimensions and throughout the Omniverse), but our instruments are not designed to analyse the matter of other universe(s). Our Universe will eventually die and join the remnants of other Universes. New Universes are continually being created within the Omniverse. If we can one day see far enough, beyond the borders of our own Universe, perhaps we will be able to see light from another Universe.</p>
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