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Originally Posted by The Edge  It's done the same way scientists are now using M-Theory to describe the origins our universe. They are now saying we can trace our creation back to before the Big Bang. They state there are these membranes that exist outside our universe, that move with rippling motions, and sometimes they collide, and the contact creates a new universe. You ask them, "well what created these membranes?" The answer? "Oh, they always existed."  |
I was actually going to expand on my original post and include the point that science can do the same thing as religion in terms of the pre-universe, but I didn't feel that I had worded it properly. You are definitely mischaracterizing String and M Theory though. The belief that God created the universe is an almost universally held belief among theists, whereas theories describing the "times" before our universe are anything but universally accepted, just the opposite in fact. Many physicists disapprove of the grant money given to research String and M Theories because they believe it is too faith-based. Even the scientists who strongly support and do the actual research on these theories will tell you right off the bat that they have no physical evidence to support their claims, it's extremely theoretical. Trying to equate the "God exists beyond logic" copout with very tentative scientific theories is just simply wrong.
