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    The Big Bang and Auschwitz
    The Big Bang and Auschwitz
    The Big Bang and Auschwitz
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    The Big Bang and Auschwitz

    By Damocles

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    This begins with a brief discussion of the Big Bang and related cosmological phenomena (such as the Theory of Relativity, Dark Matter, Dark
    Energy, etc), their powerful religious implications and how they support a belief in God. Next, there's a discussion of Auschwitz and related phenomena, and their contrary religious implications. It ends with a
    resolution of sorts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDamocles
    Release dateOct 25, 2010
    ISBN9781458101471
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      The Big Bang and Auschwitz - Damocles

      THE BIG BANG AND AUSCHWITZ

      By: Damocles

      Copyright 2010

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      THE BIG BANG AND AUSCHWITZ

      The cosmological discovery of the Big Bang and the historical horror of Auschwitz are among the most significant events to occur in the 20th century. They are so uniquely significant because of all events of the 20th century and perhaps even in all of Man’s entire history, both represent the most extreme possible polar opposites in terms of their deeply conflicting religious implications.

      The Big Bang is the scientific theory regarding the Birth of the Universe. Nowadays, most scientists believe this theory is the correct explanation for how the universe came to be. The more one learns about the Big Bang and its related aspects -- such as Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, the Red Shift discovered by Hubble, dark matter and dark energy, etc -- the more difficult it becomes to deny that a Supreme Being exists. In effect, the Big Bang and its attendant cosmological wonders arguably represent near-virtual scientific proof of God’s existence, and Einstein himself as well as many other physicists have said that to study cosmological physics is to read the mind of God.

      In stark contrast, one can scarcely find more copious and horrific evidence that the God we learn about in Sunday School cannot exist, than in the study of Auschwitz. Its appalling horrors are as compelling as anything in human experience, in terms of being impossible to reconcile with any rational argument that God, at least as configured in conventional religious conceptions, is there and is looking out for us and responsive to our prayers and entreaties.

      This essay will attempt to grapple with these conflicting and difficult implications, and produce a resolution, of sorts.

      I. The Big Bang

      The Big Bang occurred roughly 13.5 billion years ago. Quite simply, it represents the beginning of all space, time and matter. We know not what, if anything, existed prior to the Big Bang, but we can trace the history of the universe back to a micro-second after the Big Bang occurred.

      Nowadays, most astronomers and cosmologists believe that 13.5 billion years ago all Matter and Energy was compressed

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