Can we say we do not know what caused the Big Bang to occur?

William Lane Craig explains how this common escape route does not work.

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[Jugglable]

What about the thought that the universe was caused by a quantum event? Isn't that possible?  Please help me to understand.

[MrZazomy]

@Jugglable

Nope, scientist tried this decades ago, but since then it has been abandoned.

Watch this video watch?v=Clr8uL3M7Ow for much more information.

[raoskaos]

My friend, this is called lying and misleading. Any cosmologist, and every scientist, will tell you that he doesn't know.

[MrZazomy]

Tell me where the lie is, and what did I say that was misleading?

[shananagans5]

Hmm, Historically religion begins where science ends. We had a sun god until science explained the sun, moon god until the moon was explained etc. Funny how after all these things were studied & figured out they turn out to NOT be magic or god. Why should we think suddenly the next level of understanding will be god? If you want to base rational thinking on past experience the logical conclusion would be to know there is a natural explanation. God hasn't been responsible for anything so far.

[xnobody777x]

@MrZazomy what cause God?

[xnobody777x]

Do people really think that "science" is trying to disprove god? I think (I'm not sure) that scientist's job is to observe and study things inside the physical universe and to come with physical explanations rather than just "God did it."

[JustDoIt1017]

lmao 

[drfoxcourt]

I find Craig's claim that God is a best explanation to be unfounded in the extreme. Here we must say "we don't know", as we should for anything outside materialist fields of study.

If we assume (not a safe assumption) that there is a creator, all Craig can establish is that (the deist positon. He cannot claim to know anything about such a creator (the theist position). It is shameful the way Craig undermines philosophy in the name of his faith.

[sammy2trees]

The "Rocky" theme.....really?? lol

Yes, Craig is absolutely correct, the universe most definitely had a beginning.

But just because it clearly had a beginning does not mean we should automatically ascribe its creation to the Christian deity. I'm afraid the phrase "We just don't know" still VERY much applies. I think it's a little premature for playing the "Rocky" theme lol

Craig still needs to est a connection between this creation source and Christianity. He's noooooo where near doing that

[Requiemxtoxinnocence]

This view would be far too simplistic. Anyone who attempts to understand the origin of the universe should be prepared to address its logical paradoxes. In this regard, the theorem that I proved with my colleagues does not give much of an advantage to the theologian over the scientist.

[Requiemxtoxinnocence]

Theologians have often welcomed any evidence for the beginning of the universe, regarding it as evidence for the existence of God … So what do we make of a proof that the beginning is unavoidable? Is it a proof of the existence of God?

[Requiemxtoxinnocence]

obviously we can say we don't know because its a gap of knowledge. Using an assertion doesn't help knowledge it detracts from it. I'd also like to note the theorem he's trying to use as proof is actually false...here's a quote from vilenkin.

[Mathenaut]

What WLC is quoting doesn't state what he says it states. His interpretation of it is skewed.

It's valid to say that we don't know, because we don't know. Even still, it doesn't establish what he is claiming to. It doesn't address the question of what we do not know, which is what happened or what existed prior to the expansion of this universe.

Pretty much another WLC copout.