Trace2010 said:
Even if we accept "Big Bang" at face value- one of two things had to happen:
1) The massive outward explosion was caused internally (which could not happen if all matter in the universe were compressed)- the galaxy itself tells us that a star cannot become both a supernova and a black hole- it has to choose one or the other.
2) The massive outward explosion was caused externally. If all of the matter in the universe was collected at a single microscopic point- what externally caused it?
Well, to begin, all matter would never reach a true singularity because as the local mass increases, the loss of mass due to Hawking radiation and the creation of antiparticles increases geometrically. A mass annihilation of particles and antiparticles could have produced enough energy to potentially be "The Big Bang", but this is unlikely. More probable is that said particles escaped through quantum tunnelling. This could simulate an infinite universe by "creating" new matter around the edge and pulling in and annihilating existing matter.
In my belief it is not that we are incapable of understanding the intricacies of human cells, we just have little motivation to do so. The media has essentially made most possible applications of such knowledge taboo. Any potential investor would find a very small payout in relation to the money spent. And before anyone goes ranting, "It could cure x disease or y condition", the cost of genetic screening and gene therapy would be far greater than conventional methods, and everyone knows the ramifications of a "smart" virus.
I'm atheistic, but I do like the idea of a benevolent deity. I just remain to be convinced.
"...The final proof of God's omnipotence is that he need not exist in order to save us." -Peter Des Vries
