Hey Creationists! It's been a while and i'm ready for some more debates about EVOLUTION! Yeah!

Yeah, I know. But discussions like these can be nothing more than a fun exercise because nobody is going to change anybody's else's mind, but I still respect everyone's opinions. I'm a believer in Christ and in God's word, but I also believe that a lot was lost in the many translations of His word. I also believe the Big Bang occurred about 14.8 billion years ago and a certain amount of evolution has occurred both interstellar and on planets. We're only going to know the whole story after we die regardless of where we go.

@MikeSp Who said that 'nothing exploded'? Some creationist pamphlet, perhaps?

We know that the singularity began to expand. There wasn't an 'explosion'... there was an expansion (it's still going on). It's observable and demonstrable. (Would you like to discuss, and otherwise account for, the Cosmic Background Microwave Radiation?)

The singularity wasn't 'nothing'... it was everything. Without expansion, there was no spacetime. Therefore everything was everywhere at once... because without spacetime there's no means to differentiate.

With expansion, everything could be somewhere (relative to everything else) and be there at a certain time (relative to other times)

@newjaninev2 Hi Janine. I listen to both sides of this discussion with both skepticism and appreciation that someone gave it some intelligent thought. I'm not an astrophysicist and never will be, and don't want to be. I don't really care exactly how the universe, as we can see it, was formed or evolved. I'm only here for a nanosecond on the cosmic timeline, so I don't matter anyway in the grand scheme of things. My faith points me to the Book of Genesis, but as I said earlier, I believe a lot was lost in translation. My admiration for science and the brighter minds than mine have come up with some quite compelling theories as to how we got here. However, I believe that we need to venture many lifetimes of light years out into space, and to other galaxies, in order to gain a more accurate picture. As long as we are stuck in this solar system, our knowledge will be limited. Unless some friendly intelligent visitors can share what they know.