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== Age ==
== Age ==
According to the [[Big Bang theory]], the universe erupted into existence from a highly compact singularity<ref>Discover magazine, in introducing the ideas of [[Alan Guth]], said, "The universe burst into something from absolutely nothing—zero, nada. And as it got bigger, it became filled with even more stuff that came from absolutely nowhere." Discover, April 2002.</ref><ref name="bigbang">[http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/] The creation of the universe came from a [[singularity]], not "nothing"</ref> approximately 13.7 billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since. This is the current [[scientific consensus]] and is agreed upon by the vast majority of the scientific community<ref>http://www.interacademies.net/10878/13901.aspx</ref>.
According to the [[Big Bang theory]], the universe erupted into existence from a highly compact [[singularity]]<ref>Discover magazine, in introducing the ideas of [[Alan Guth]], said, "The universe burst into something from absolutely nothing—zero, nada. And as it got bigger, it became filled with even more stuff that came from absolutely nowhere." Discover, April 2002.</ref><ref name="bigbang">[http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/timeline/] The creation of the universe came from a [[singularity]], not "nothing"</ref> approximately 13.7 billion years ago, and has been [[expanding universe|expanding]] ever since. This is the current [[scientific consensus]] and is agreed upon by the vast majority of the scientific community<ref>http://www.interacademies.net/10878/13901.aspx</ref>.
Ancient Christian Biblical accounts disagree with contemporary science, and adherents to such are known as young Earth Creationists. Bishop [[James Ussher]] calculated the universe was created on October 23, 4004 BC. While this is not the only biblical chronology which has been developed, almost all chronologies give a creation date near 4000 BC{{citation needed}}.
Ancient Christian Biblical accounts disagree with contemporary science, and adherents to such are known as young Earth Creationists. Bishop [[James Ussher]] calculated the universe was created on October 23, 4004 BC. While this is not the only biblical chronology which has been developed, almost all chronologies give a creation date near 4000 BC{{citation needed}}.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Expanding universe]]
*[[Ultimate fate of the universe]]
*[[Ultimate fate of the universe]]