This is not a science article, and I assure you I am not a scientist. Heck, I don’t even have much of an interest in science at all. However, I do have an opinion and an interest in the origins of the universe. Allow me to lay my cards face-up on the table.

• I’m a life-long whack-job Creationist
• I’m not an evolution hater; I don’t believe evolutionists are terrible, awful people (I dunno, maybe some creationists do?)
• However, I have some common-sense concerns about the evolutionary theory, one of which I will discuss in this article
• In the event that this article generates some discussion, I’d love to hear what you have to say, but please:
• Keep this on as much of a non-technical level as possible; there are all sorts of forums for scientific evolution discussion, this article is somewhat separate from them
• Look at the list of common objections at the end of this article to make sure you are not repeating an opinion that has already been addressed

The Problem

Evolution, at its core, implies that a-whole-lot-of-really-really-cool-somethings came from absolutely nothing: without having a concrete explanation.

I hear the sound of a thousand angry evolutionists beginning to stomp on their keyboards, attempting to explain to this scientifically inept, idiot creationist about T>0 or whatever.

I’ll save you the trouble. I’ve heard some of the theories… What’s troubling is the fact that there isn’t a good leading theory. In just my extremely limited search for answers, I’ve heard about time and space not existing before the Big Bang… I’ve heard a lot about something called T=0 or T>0… None of it was in any way definitive. In fact, there wasn’t even a general consensus. Not even a “We think this is what happened, but we can’t really prove it.”

Instead, there was a whole lot of “Well, there’s two or three different models… We’re not sure which one is best… If any.”

Cough, Cough You… Aren’t… Sure? Ummm… Isn’t this kind of a big deal? Does it bother you a little bit that when you follow the evolution chain all the way back it goes something like this: Humans came from apes, apes came from … A whole bunch of stuff … (something) came from the Big Bang, and before the Big bang there was, um…

No, really, I can sympathize with your situation. Creationists have a similar one: how can we see stars that are billions of light- years away when we believe in a young earth? We’ve got some pretty darn cool theories, none of which are provable. However, our dilemma isn’t about the origin of the universe — it’s not at the core of our beliefs.

If I’ve missed a key detail, a united theory of which I have not been made aware, I apologize now. If you’ve got a sec, please type in a comment explaining how everything has gotten in this universe… How something has come out of nothing.

Fair warning: If your answer is nothing but techno-babble — sorry, I’m not interested. It’s not that I don’t believe in complex answers to complex problems. It’s just that I think any answer that has any merit should be researched enough to be possible to explain in simple terms. Take the Theory of Relativity for example. It’s a real pain to understand (I say this only having a vague grasp on the theory), but I have heard it broken down into small, simple parts. Just elementary enough to understand, but just technical enough to give you a picture of the theory.

If you can do that with my question, please, blow me away.

A final thought

Before you go, I have a thought for everyone reading. Sometimes reading junk on the Internet completely disjoints me from reality. Honestly, if you really want to put things in perspective, just go outside for a few minutes… Unless you live in a city. Cities are horrible, awful, dirty places where you will probably feel much worse after going outside (probably because your wallet was stolen and a drug-lord mugged you) and you will take all your anger out on me. If you live in a city and want perspective, you’re stuck as far as I’m concerned. Go rent Planet Earth. Also, my apologies to those who disagree with me on this issue. Can you tell I’m not a city-person?

To me, it doesn’t make sense that all that we can see outside came from absolutely nothing. You might not see it that way.

Some comments I’d rather not have submitted

To anyone who wishes to submit something like that: Thanks for reading; sorry we disagree.

To anyone who wishes to submit something like that: Woah! No need. First, I never claimed to be writing a scientific paper (see paragraph one, line one), but I’d love to hear what you have to say if you can dumb-it-down a little for me.

If you feel the need to post something along the lines of what I’ve just described, you can save yourself some time by just typing either “#1″ or “#2″ in your post.