Causality

You wrote:

What caused the Big Bang?

The Big Bang didn't need a cause. The Universe "before" the Big Bang was collapsing to a point. The Universe is in fact like a ball inflating and shrinking to zero radius, over and over. It never needed to start, it always was, it is eternal in it's activity. This is true, I read it in a book.

Let's assume that the above sentence is not true because it seems pretty pointless and if anything we like to have a point.

Let's assume that the Universe was caused, and that before the Big Bang there were a set of conditions that changed state over time to cause the Big Bang.

So what did cause the Big Bang? Anything I say is conjecture but I will offer three of them:

1. The one true Christian God YHWH (not Allah or Vishnu or any other God) caused the Big Bang. He did this so that we could have a relationship with Him. Some folks don't like this reason, but at least it is a reason -- a point.

2. Another single intelligent being or race of intelligent beings caused the Big Bang (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1497195,00.html for an example, a nice article published yesterday). Their point in doing so, I would like to know. Perhaps they were trying to find out about their Universe? Perhaps they did it for the Truman-show-esque entertainment they get out of observing the beings in this Universe?

3. A "lighty" did it (prove me wrong!)

Current song: "Because" -- The Beatles (Anthology 3 Version -- a cappella).

PS. Try chicken wire around the dryer, excellent EM shield.