^ A few responses
1. The black hole theory seems to not hold its weight. I don't know a ton about it, but it seems as though the entropy was too large in the beginning (I can't remember the exact number, but Penrose calculated it years ago- I think it's 10^80, but with a black hole it would be maximal, I think 10^120). Same thing is true of the oscillating universe.
2. Regarding BICEP 2, see this article: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news...lanck-data
3. God creates and sustains, so He is constantly interacting with the world. As for "what is outside the Universe," nobody knows. The point is, however, that God transcends space and time.
4. He is not consistently interfering. As Hawking said, a theory of everything would truly have us know the Mind of God. I believe it far more befitting of God to have a self-sustaining, elegant order, rather than one He has to interfere in to make things go correctly. We know of God because He has revealed Himself through nature (natural theology) and through the Incarnation of His Son, Jesus Christ.
5. It's not "Biblical literalism or nothing." The Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, not how the Heavens go.
6. God didn't write the Bible. The Bible is divinely inspired and inerrant on all matters it is designed to inform on.
Finally, I was not a Christian for most of my life, and don't conflate Christianity with what individual Christians do.
1. The black hole theory seems to not hold its weight. I don't know a ton about it, but it seems as though the entropy was too large in the beginning (I can't remember the exact number, but Penrose calculated it years ago- I think it's 10^80, but with a black hole it would be maximal, I think 10^120). Same thing is true of the oscillating universe.
2. Regarding BICEP 2, see this article: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news...lanck-data
3. God creates and sustains, so He is constantly interacting with the world. As for "what is outside the Universe," nobody knows. The point is, however, that God transcends space and time.
4. He is not consistently interfering. As Hawking said, a theory of everything would truly have us know the Mind of God. I believe it far more befitting of God to have a self-sustaining, elegant order, rather than one He has to interfere in to make things go correctly. We know of God because He has revealed Himself through nature (natural theology) and through the Incarnation of His Son, Jesus Christ.
5. It's not "Biblical literalism or nothing." The Bible tells us how to go to Heaven, not how the Heavens go.
6. God didn't write the Bible. The Bible is divinely inspired and inerrant on all matters it is designed to inform on.
Finally, I was not a Christian for most of my life, and don't conflate Christianity with what individual Christians do.
If you're not fucking her, someone else is.