“Exploding into Being”

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Where did the world come from? Some people today believe that “the universe exploded into being.” Is this true—or even possible? Today, R.C. Sproul points out the fatal flaw behind this idea.

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0:00.0	I heard one of the newscasters speak on television saying that 15 billion years ago, the
0:09.4	universe exploded into being.
0:13.6	And he made reference to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
0:23.6	I just want to go right through the television set.
0:26.6	I want to grab the guy by the throat and say, what are you talking about?
0:30.6	Are you out of your mind?
0:32.6	What do you mean that something exploded into being? What was it before it exploded into being.
0:37.8	What was it before it exploded into being?
0:42.1	If it wasn't being, what was it?
0:46.0	Non-being.
0:47.0	If it had no being, it was nothing.
0:52.2	And nothing doesn't explode.
0:57.1	Okay?
1:02.3	You can talk about this singularity that explodes,
1:04.7	and you're talking about a change in the form into the structures of being,
1:06.5	but you're not talking about movement
1:08.1	from nothing into being.
1:13.8	Thanks for listening to Ultimately with R.C. Sprole.
1:17.7	This is a podcast from Ligeneer Ministries.
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