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The "theory of the Big Bang" is an interesting a plausible theory. Having few other plausible theories, I welcome the thought to consider it and appreciate those who have brought this theory and concept to the forefront, although I must say personally I do have some issues with it. And since I was not around for the big bang to observe and see it, there to lies another issue with adoption of the theory. Additionally if I were around during the big bang, I would not have lived to tell about it and would not be here today as carbon based bipod cruising around this pale blue dot.

There are no reasonable, believable or plausible religious explanations of the beginning of the universe; that is to say that the biblical explanation in Genesis is completely out of the question and silly to even bother to contemplate. Indeed it is human nature to seek answers to those things we do not know. And it is perhaps in the best interest at the time of the religious leaders of the day to come up with something plausible to their local human groupings to answer such questions for them in order to align them in thought to make it easier to control them; Apparent goal of religion.

Even though humans seek answers to questions that cannot be known now, that does not mean that some day they will not know and thus it makes sense to move on to another subject which could more easily be known now and wait to see if additional information presents itself to consider alternatives of adoption of the Big Bang. Indeed there is much we do not know. Will you consider this in 2006.

As an over the road truck driver one has endless hours to spend just thinking. I don't know about you, but I think about weird, sometimes complicated things. For instance, is a horse really a horse? Anyway, I would like to hear about what some of you think about when trucking across this country of ours. For now, I would like to share this piece of information as just one of the "things" I think about :

The Big Bang Theory...we all know the story: Approximately 15 billion years ago an enormous explosion started the expansion of the universe. What existed before this explosion is purely unknown. World re-known British theoretical physicist and mathematician, Stephen Hawking was once asked what existed before the explosion. His answer? He thought for a moment and simply answered, "Well, there was nothing." Nothing?

Now I am in no way within the same category of intelligence when it comes to Stephen Hawking. My High School teachers will attest to this fact. In fact, science and math were my two worst subjects! But his answer got me to thinking. Before the universe "began," there was "nothing." Well, what is "nothing?" Nothing is defined as the lack or absence of anything at all. If I hand you a box and tell you that you can have what is in the box, and you open the box and it is empty, then there is "nothing" in the box. No existence of anything, only nothing. Now, could you take that "nothing" and make something out of it?

Simple, common sense tells me that something always comes from something else. You cannot take nothing and create something else from it. Stretch out your arm and open your hand. Now, I want you to take what is in your hand, (nothing), and make something from it. Can you? Of course not, because there is "nothing" in your hand. And, since something always comes from something else, how can you make anything?

Let's look at something that is common in our lives. Let's say...glass. Did glass just appear out of nothing? Glass is derived from sand, soda ash and limestone. What about limestone? Limestone mostly consist of calcium carbonate. Did calcium carbonate come from nothing? No, calcium carbonate is a chemical combination of calcium, carbon and oxygen. OK, what about oxygen? Natural oxygen comes from a mixture of three isotopes: 16O, 17O, and 18O. Something ALWAYS comes from something else.

What about human blood? Can it come from nothing? Human blood consists of the red blood cells, the white blood cells and the platelets all floating around in a fluid called plasma. Something ALWAYS comes from something else.

OK, what about air? The air that we breathe ... does it come from nothing? Air comes from 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen with traces of carbon dioxide, argon, water vapor, and other various components. Something ALWAYS comes from something else.

Being in trucking most of my life, I thought about common petroleum-derived diesel. Maybe diesel comes from nothing? Wrong! This type of diesel comes from about 75% saturated hydrocarbons, mostly paraffins, and 25% aromatic hydrocarbons. What about these things called paraffins? Perhaps they come from nothing? Paraffins are chemical compounds that are made of only two elements : carbon and hydrogen. Something ALWAYS comes from something else.

According to Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most intelligent human being on our planet, in the beginning, there was nothing. But, in this case, the "nothing" is something. And, since something ALWAYS comes from something else ... then where did the "nothing" come from? The "nothing" could not have just appeared from "nothing." The "nothing" had to come from something else, because common sense AND science tell us that something ALWAYS comes from something else. If indeed there was "nothing" then "something" had to exist BEFORE the "nothing" in order for the "nothing" to have come into existence.

What existed BEFORE the "nothing?" Could it be some kind of "Creator?" But if something always comes from something else, then where did the Creator come from? The only explanation in my simple mind, is it would have to be something supernatural. Something far beyond our science, logic and common sense. A question that man can never comprehend or understand. It is simply beyond our reasoning.

Many supernatural phenomenons can be explained by science. Yet, there is still one that cannot be explained or understood: what existed before the "nothing?" Before there was a universe ... before there was life ... before there was space ... before there was time ... there was nothing. But, again, in this case ... nothing is something. What existed before the "nothing" will never be answered by man or science. We are not meant to know or understand.

Something always comes from something else. What came before the "nothing" can only be something of supernatural existence.

With Christmas just around the corner we are all looking to get the most for our money. The same is true when you are shopping for a laptop computer. Everyone is looking for a good deal, even on laptop computers. With the popularity of the internet we have all learned that there is no reason to pay top dollar for a computer when we can find a good quality used laptop computer online. But, in order to get the deal you need to know where to find the deal. So, take a look at these three tips on how to find a deal on a good laptop computer.

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