Big Bang

• Creation story - The Big Bang Theory

  current leading scientific explanation as to why the universe exists
• Big Bang Theory - the universe started with a tiny, dense collection of mass. a massive expansion of space took place and the condensed matter was flung in all directions. as the universe expanded and cooled, the matter because stars grouped into galaxies. universe continued to expand over billions of yrs to form the cosmos as we now know it. Theory created by Lemaitre in 1920s
• BIG BANG THEORY:

  • two particles colliding in space 13.7 billion years ago, resulting in a cosmic explosion
  • how humans came to be: we evolved from simple organisms that developed over time.
  • purpose of humans = no purpose. the world exists from a cosmic accident and there is no reason for humans to exist