The Universe was thought by religionists to have been created. Others supposed it was eternal. The nature of the red shift increasing with distance led to the Big Bang. Then we got the idea of an oscillating universe. The 'tuned constants' and the Anthropic Principle led to the Multiverse. Physicists see matter and energy created out of 'virtual' existence, hence the notion of a Big Bang arising from a virtual universe.

jeez that gater seems a bit of an idiot his whole argument is "because i say so" even religions usually try a little bit harder than that

The Big Bang Theory is definitely a theory of the origin of the universe. I eschew the word "creation" in this context; it has too many religious undertones.

Turtles. All the way down.

Interesting trivia... Famous star with degrees in music and Physics PhD, champion of the big bang theory. His carrer as musician has been quite remarkable and yet managed to contribute to Physics as well. Hell of a guitar player..... Did I give it away already?

Currently, the prevailing theory about the origin of the universe is still the Big Bang. There have been, however, attempts to prove that the universe might have come about in a much simpler manner; most notably the “no-boundary proposal” by James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, as well as Alexander Vilenkin’s “tunneling proposal.” New research from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute/AEI) in Potsdam and the Perimeter Institute in Canada suggests that there’s no possible way to circumvent the Big Bang — not yet, anyway.

The truth is that the Universe has always been here. Time, space and matter are all infinite.

He says the big bang theory is no longer accepted as an answer to how life began? News to me. It is one of the explanations that I have heard. I am sure it is more nuanced then just a big bang.