# The Big Bang

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang/605330>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang/605330 "2011-12-07T02:05:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang/605330/41 "2011-12-17T02:55:12Z")

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> [@Candyman74](#):
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> In short, I disagree that it’s coincidental. It’s exactly the progression one would expect.

It’s the progression that you would expect if there was no communication from the gods to humankind.

If there were divine, all-knowing, all-powerful gods interacting with humankind, we’d have seen a map of the world before mankind ever got out of Africa.

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang/605330/42 "2011-12-17T13:46:39Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> It’s the progression that you would expect if there was no communication from the gods to humankind.

Exactly.

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