宇宙大爆炸是不是否定了上帝创造?
Does the Big Bang disprove God's creation?
简答 Short Answer
恰恰相反。大爆炸理论支持宇宙有一个开始,这与圣经「起初上帝创造天地」完美一致。宇宙从无到有,需要一个超越宇宙的「第一因」。
Quite the opposite. Big Bang theory supports the universe having a beginning, perfectly consistent with Genesis 1:1. The universe coming from nothing requires a First Cause beyond the universe.
详细解答 Detailed Answer
很多人以为大爆炸理论否定了上帝,但有趣的是,大爆炸理论最初是由一位比利时天主教神父勒梅特(Georges Lemaitre)在1927年提出的。当时很多无神论科学家反而反对这个理论,因为它暗示宇宙有一个开始——而有开始就需要解释是谁或什么启动了它。
哲学上有一个经典论证叫「宇宙论证」:(1)凡有开始的事物都有一个原因。(2)宇宙有一个开始。(3)因此,宇宙有一个原因。这个原因必须是:超越时间的(因为时间是在大爆炸中产生的)、超越空间的、非物质的、有极大能力的。这些特征与圣经中上帝的描述惊人地吻合。
「起初上帝创造天地」(创1:1)——圣经在三千多年前就宣告宇宙有一个开始。这在当时是独特的,因为古代大多数文化都相信宇宙是永恒存在的。现代科学证实了圣经的宣告。
当然,大爆炸理论本身不能「证明」上帝的存在,它只是描述了宇宙初始的物理过程。但它提出了一个科学无法回答的问题:是什么引发了大爆炸?物质、能量、时间和空间都在那一刻产生,那么在此之前的「原因」必然是超自然的。
正如天文学家乔治·斯穆特(诺贝尔物理学奖得主)在发现宇宙微波背景辐射后说:「就像看见了上帝的面容。」
Many think the Big Bang disproves God, but ironically it was first proposed by Belgian Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre in 1927. Many atheist scientists initially opposed it because it implied the universe had a beginning, requiring explanation of who or what started it.
Philosophically, the Cosmological Argument states: (1) Everything that begins to exist has a cause. (2) The universe began to exist. (3) Therefore, the universe has a cause. This cause must be timeless (time began at the Big Bang), spaceless, immaterial, and enormously powerful. These characteristics remarkably match the Bible's description of God.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1). The Bible declared three thousand years ago that the universe had a beginning, unique at the time when most ancient cultures believed the universe was eternal. Modern science confirmed the Bible's declaration.
Of course, the Big Bang itself doesn't prove God's existence; it describes the initial physical process. But it raises a question science cannot answer: what caused the Big Bang? Matter, energy, time, and space all originated at that moment. The cause before them must be supernatural.
As astronomer George Smoot (Nobel laureate) said upon discovering cosmic microwave background radiation: It's like looking at the face of God.
📖 经文引用 Bible Verses
📚 推荐阅读 Related Readings
- •威廉·莱恩·克拉向,《宇宙的起源》;William Lane Craig, On Guard
- •约翰·列诺克斯,《上帝的开拓者》;John Lennox, God's Undertaker
