TheSpeculatior - Well, my belief is that our universe was created in harmony with the law of conservation of matter and energy - by input of energy from God - compare Isaiah 40:26 where the existence of stars is linked to plural forms of God's dynamic energy and power.<br /><br />In other words, I do not believe our universe was created from nothing but rather from energy - some of which was converted into other forms of energy and matter (and antimatter).<br /><br />In actual scientific observation, 1 + (-1) does not equal zero if 1 is matter, and -1 is antimatter.<br /><br />Do you have some other 1, -1 in mind?<br /><br />to compare, consider the laws of motion. It is true that opposite motions will cancel out to produce zero motion. However, opposite motions do not initiate on their own but require energy input.<br /><br />Of course, I do not claim to fully understand the appearance and disappearance of 'virtual' particles - but most scientists agree [not that this proves the matter] that the law of conservation of matter and energy, and causality, are not violated. <br /><br />This is all tangents from my question, btw.<br /><br />My question deals with the cause for the big bang and whether this cause can operate with a much smaller amount of matter and energy - or, alternately, if a very massive amount of matter and energy are required????<br /><br />Simply - are there some math limits for a big bang to occur? If so, what are they and why?