Q&A: Matter Bound to Time
Matter Bound to Time
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Today, during a driving lesson, I got into an argument with the driving instructor.
I told him that there is evidence for the existence of God, since every cause must have a prior cause, because matter is bound to time, and this is something scientifically accepted.
Also, that the Big Bang is accepted by everyone—that matter has a beginning.
He rejected what I said and said there is no such proof, and that it is quite possible that matter always existed.
I would like to know the proofs, so that I can know and answer him why matter must have a beginning.
Thank you very much.
Answer
As a rule, it’s best to focus on driving and on the lesson material. Matter doesn’t last for an infinite amount of time. Physics says the Big Bang was 14 billion years ago. If he disagrees with physics, I have nothing to say to him.
Discussion on Answer
There are no proofs in science. But according to current scientific knowledge, that is the situation. That is with regard to the principles. The conclusion that God created the world is, of course, not agreed on by everyone. There are all kinds of speculations about previous worlds that were built and destroyed, parallel universes, spontaneous creation without a cause, and the rest of it.
Yes.
But is that a scientific consensus?
How did they prove it?
Is it agreed on by everyone?