As we piece together the past from the evidence we have, we see very strong evidence that all matter in the universe was packed tightly together once. We absolutely cannot determine anything about what happened before that point in time, because it is an absolute destruction of evidence. All "fingerprints" of any past that were in the form of shapes of matter or energy would have been completely and utterly destroyed by such an event. So by looking at it, for all we know, it came from the collapse of a universe like ours, or maybe the invisible pink unicorn shot the universe out of its invisible pink horn. We have no idea.
Now, modern theoretical physicists are working to understand the way our universe works beyond conventional methods, so that they can perhaps unfold new evidence that wouldn't have been destroyed by such a great compacting.
As for the infinitality of particles, it's simply that they have such a simple form that they can remain completely unchanged until great forces act upon them. The theoretical component particle (which might be the string) is the smallest particle that all matter and energy is made up of, and as it has no component parts, it cannot be altered or destroyed. These particles, if they exist (and they probably do) are infinite. They may have been created once, or they may have always existed. There is no way for us to know. And maybe someday they will be destroyed by a process that is beyond our understanding. But no catastrophe within our understanding could ever destroy or even change these particles in the slightest. As far as we can tell, they are all here to stay, forever.
Now, modern theoretical physicists are working to understand the way our universe works beyond conventional methods, so that they can perhaps unfold new evidence that wouldn't have been destroyed by such a great compacting.
As for the infinitality of particles, it's simply that they have such a simple form that they can remain completely unchanged until great forces act upon them. The theoretical component particle (which might be the string) is the smallest particle that all matter and energy is made up of, and as it has no component parts, it cannot be altered or destroyed. These particles, if they exist (and they probably do) are infinite. They may have been created once, or they may have always existed. There is no way for us to know. And maybe someday they will be destroyed by a process that is beyond our understanding. But no catastrophe within our understanding could ever destroy or even change these particles in the slightest. As far as we can tell, they are all here to stay, forever.
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Many scientists have realized that Creation is the answer and energy came first as the Creator Jehovah God which means "He Who causes to become". Scientist know that heated objects cannot
last forever as they would turn cold, so that means there had to be a point and time of Creation.
last forever as they would turn cold, so that means there had to be a point and time of Creation.
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"I don't believe matter can be eternal. It just doesn't make sense!"
The fact that you cannot make sense of it says nothing about its likelihood of being true. This is called the "Argument from Incredulity" and is a logical fallacy to be avoided.
The fact that you cannot make sense of it says nothing about its likelihood of being true. This is called the "Argument from Incredulity" and is a logical fallacy to be avoided.
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current theory suggest that all and everything came from a single singularity, once in the far past. if you can embrace that idea then it is how matter and energy came to existence.
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No.
But matter is eternal. It can stay in existence until it radioactively decays, and with that it just changes form.
But matter is eternal. It can stay in existence until it radioactively decays, and with that it just changes form.
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They are as lost for an answer as you are.