Stephen Meyer Discusses the Big Bang, Einstein, Hawking, & More - Science Uprising Expert Interviews

In this extended conversation released as part of the Science Uprising series, best-selling author Stephen Meyer discusses the big bang, whether you can have an expanding universe without a beginning, and the most common ways scientists have tried to avoid a beginning to the universe. Along the way, Meyer addresses the ideas of Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Edwin Hubble, Lawrence Krauss, Sean Carroll, and more.

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[calebjore]

45 minutes of Stephen Meyer lecturing on the Big Bang? Yes please.

[JimCvit]

It amazes me that astronomers, cosmologists, and physicists will come up with any new ideas that tries to dispute or contradict the Big Bang because everything points to God. I look so forward to these videos. Thank you so much.

[paulgraf]

It was an EXCELLENT combination of philosophy and physics! Think Stephen should make more videos like this!

[petersmith]

A very articulate speaker indeed. You make these deep subjects somewhat within the grasp of the ordinary person like myself. A real skill, and a very important one.

[cptrikester]

It always amazes me how some scientists will propose anything so that they won't need to admit a Creator.
It becomes an issue of intellectual honesty.

[MyMy-tvfd]

this is the best Steven Meyer presentation I have ever heard, well done

[dorotheaivanovna]

Could listen to Dr Meyer by the hour. Brilliant scientist, excellent teacher

[PastorBillwillard]

Praise God for Giving Stephen Meyer such a mind to defend the faith. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

[TheADDFiles-ykdc]

His explanation of the Wheeler DeWitt equation relying on the person doing the equation to set parameters was truly mind-blowing. Brilliant illustration of the possibility of a conscious agent as Creator.

[culture]

Stephen thanks for actually explaining physics and not manipulating it! Like other physicists

[spamm]

A truly amazing man with incredible knowledge and able to articulate complex theories into digestible form. This man knows there is intelligent design behind all that exists in this realm we exist within.

[vtitu]

Only a genius can explain to anyones understanding such complex scientific issues. Congrats Dr. Meyer.

[TheFhdude]

It's always exiting to hear Stephen Meyer explain. Amazing!

[havlicekeys]

Mr Meyer is not only an exceptionally smart man, he's also one hell of a talented one. He somehow manages to make the unfathomable at least somewhat fathomable...the inexplicable kind of explicable. He does all this in a way that is engaging, even (*GASP!) entertaining! In the end, it seems to me (*and I can barely understand anything), he combines the best of what we know from observation and from accepted physics to come to a conclusion. That is, physics and math do not preclude the possibility of "an entity" being responsible for the universe. Indeed, the more physicists and cosmologists try (*and try they do!) to get away from that possibility, the more they inadvertantly wind up supporting it.

Anyway, I rarely watch anything on YouTube this long, but this one kept me going for the entire ride.

[drewrommel]

Nicely explained for us laymen to understand.
Great to hear of these great scientists slowly solving the problem and it looks suspiciously like Genesis 1:1.

[yourfriendjaz]

Reading “Return of the God Hypothesis” currently… 9 chapters in, and so far it’s kind of a summary of “Signature in the Cell.” Can’t wait to get to the new BOOM moment in the new book. Anyone else already read or currently reading it?

[wearandtear]

Science writer Kitty Ferguson explained in her (1995) book 'Fire in the equations':

„When it became evident that the universe, regardless of anyones preference was indeed expanding, Hermann Bondi, Tom Gold, and Fred Hoyle came up with 'Steady State theory' … that would not require the universe to have a beginning. The three of them were outspokenly resistant to an explanation which seemed to support a biblical view of creation and they were not alone in their disappointment when observational evidence supported the Big Bang rather than the 'Steady State theory'. For reasons entirely apart from scientific objektivity, the Big Bang was a bitter pill to swallow and a few still have it hiding behind a tooth.“

[mimelnaggar]

Fascinating presentation. Thank you Mr Meyer.

There is a verse in the Quran that many interpret as referencing the expansion of the universe. This is found in Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:47):

**"وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ"**

Translated to English, it reads:

"And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander." (Surah Adh-Dhariyat 51:47, Sahih International)

The phrase "We are [its] expander" or "We expand it" is often seen by some as a reference to the idea of an expanding universe, which aligns with the modern scientific understanding that the universe is continuously expanding.

[bigears]

Even my mouse brain could follow your very concise descriptions of these theories. Thank you for your talent to make complicated concepts accessible to mouse brains.

[coppersky]

Know what I like the most about Stephen? He's the type of guy that doesn't piss me off. In fact he'd be perfect to deliver bad news for someone lol.