1) What is the Big Bang?

 “The Big Bang is how astronomers explain the way the universe began. It is the idea that the universe began as just a single point, then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now-- and it is still stretching!” (Internet definition on Google)

 

2) Major problems with the Big Bang Theory:

A) The Horizon Problem

  Explanation: There are points A and B in space. “Early in the alleged big bang, points A and B start out with different temperatures.                  Today, points A and B have the same temperature, yet there has not been enough time for them to exchange light” so that they should be           at the same temperature today. (Jason Lisle “Light-travel time: a problem for the big bang”)

 

  Many solutions to this problem have been proposed by astronomers, but there is a lot of disagreement and uncertainty. “In light of this              disagreement, it is safe to say the the horizon problem has not been decisively solved.“ (Jason Lisle “Light-travel time: a problem for the            big bang”)

 

B) The Flatness of Space

  Space is flat and not curved. In fact, it is “fine-tuned” so that it will not eventually collapse or expand forever. (John Hartnett “Big bang              beliefs: busted”) How could a random event like the Big Bang yield such a perfect result?

 

C) The Existence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy

  If the Big Bang is true, 68% of the universe should be dark energy and 27% of the universe should be dark matter. Only 5% of the                    universe should be what we think of as the normal universe that we can see. However, the existence of dark matter or dark energy has              never been proved in a lab, despite 40 years of trying. (John Hartnett)

 

D) The existence of Antimatter

  “According to the Big Bang, both matter and anti-matter popped into existence in equal amounts about 13.7 billion years ago. However,          they should have annihilated each other almost immediately, leaving nothing but energy (light, heat). So why do we have a universe                  today...?” The answer given by scientist in favor of the Big Bang has been shown not to work. A universe billions of years old is not                    necessary. (Carl Wieland and David Catchpoole “Big bang goes pear-shaped?”)

 

  Another scientist moans, “There have been theoretical speculations about the disappearance of antimatter, but no experimental                      support”...  Some astronomers conclude “On general grounds, we conclude that a matter- antimatter symmetric universe is empirically              excluded.” (Michael Oard “Missing antimatter challenges the ‘big bang’ theory”)

 

E) Radiation proof of the Big Bang

  “One of the alleged ‘proofs’ of the big bang model of origins is said to be the Cosmic Microwave Background” (CMB -- a kind of radiation          in space). “CMB radiation should cast a shadow in the foreground of galaxy clusters, but it does not.” (John Hartnett)

 

F) Some stars in some dwarf galaxies are moving so fast away from each other that they “pose a major problem” to the Big Bang age of                  the universe. (Rod Bernitt “Fast stars challenge big bang origin for dwarf galaxies”)

 

G) Unknowns

  “Lieu lists five evidences where cosmologists use ‘unknowns’ to explain ‘unknowns’, and hence he says they are not really doing” good            science.

Examples of this include

1) flatness of space explained by “faster-than-light inflation”;

2) Radiation in space explained as an “afterglow of the Big Bang”;

3) using dark matter and dark energy to explain certain things. (John Harnett)