The Big Bang Theory states that scientists don't know what happened in the first few seconds. There was matter and it exploded ... Where did this matter come from?
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A big part of science is conjecture, which means making up "What if" scenarios. Often those scenarios get discussed a lot for a long time, and people begin to assume they are true just because they keep hearing them. The big bang is one such scenario. The big bang exists only in somebody's imagination. It was needed to explain implications of the expanding universe CONJECTURE, which was needed to explain the receding galaxy CONJECTURE, which was based on the OBSERVED red shift in light from galaxies and the ASSUMPTION that the red shift is caused by the Doppler effect. If that assumption is wrong then the entire collection of conjectures is without support. There are other possible causes of red shift.
Science is supposed to be based on observations, tests, and proofs. There is a strong tendency to accept conjectures, math models, and consensus of opinions instead. You need to be careful about accepting things that have not actually been observed.