The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
Week 3: Chapter 2 — The Big Bang: Someone Set It Off
Read Chapter 2 of The Case for a Creator (Student Edition). Key passages: Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 11:3.
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The Big Bang is often taught as a challenge to faith — but Strobel argues it's actually one of the strongest scientific clues that a Creator exists. Let these questions help you work through the logic.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.Before the Big Bang theory was widely accepted, many scientists preferred the idea of an eternal, steady-state universe. Why would an eternal universe actually be *more* comfortable for atheists? What problem does the Big Bang create for a purely naturalistic worldview?
2.Strobel explains that the Big Bang points to a moment when all matter, energy, space, and time came into existence from nothing. In philosophical terms, this is called *ex nihilo* — 'out of nothing.' Why is this philosophically significant? What does it imply about whatever caused the universe to begin?
3.The Kalam Cosmological Argument goes like this: (1) Everything that begins to exist has a cause. (2) The universe began to exist. (3) Therefore, the universe has a cause. Walk through each premise. Do you find this argument compelling? Is there any step you want to push back on?