Ditto! But couldn't the Big Bang have been God's Way of starting the Ball rolling and further how does the Cow Flatulence/GlobalWarming/Oceans Rising theory fit into god's plan?
Like I've said before "Cows Farting and causing the Oceans to rise and wipe out New York City, L.A., and San Francisco seem very comforting."
There are no less than 10 references to God, the Creator, "stretching out the heavens" in the Bible. Not calling the universe a baloon, but a curtain. Try that on for size.
Here's another way to look at it: Who says it started with a big bang? If you believe in creation, scripture will send you toward the very young earth and universe, created by the hand of God in 6 days. I know, I know - everything is billions of years old...
Maybe not. What was the last movie you saw? Movies are a little universe all their own, aren't they? So are books. Did the main character start at birth? Probably not. Even if he/she did, what about the character's parents?
What about a painting? You have a picture by the artist, frozen in time. What happened before?
There is nothing before the movie or book starts, and there is nothing before the painting was painted. The characters and objects leap into existence, fully formed by the hand of the author/screenwriter/artist.
I respect those who understand all the relativity stuff, but, as a Christian, I have to weigh these things with what I believe.