Sometimes I wonder about the creation of the universe, in regards to the idea that God created it. Being an fence sitter on this whole battle between atheist and theist creation viewpoints, I like to jump between the two "worlds" and see what happens theoretically.
Assume you are a "God" like being, and you have the power to create the universe. How do you do it?
More specifically (to this thread at least) is the question: "Do you create it all at once, or do you build it slowly, piece by piece?"
Let's assume that the creation of the universe is a lot like creating an elaborate computer program. If that's the case, you could build the universe, compile it, then execute it.
Given the scale of the result, and its complexity, it's likely you would program in rules, rather than static values. You create the initial rules by which the properties behave, and then like a big population simulation you stand back and watch what happens.
Let's assume, again, that the universe was built this way, and so now you have this program. We'll call it Universe.exe just for kicks.
What now?
I suppose you grab hold of the command prompt and go "C:\Universe.exe"
POW!!! The program takes off. Fire, flames, Big Bang!
Curious angle, no?
Unfortunately this post is already sorta moot because more and more theories are rising to suggest that the Big Bang event may not have been the beginning. Let's assume for the sake of argument that there was nothing before the Big Bang, and that everything we know, and all it's properties, started at that point (T= 1).