Big bang cosmology encountered much resistance by scientists early on, not because the evidence was lacking, but rather because many were philosophically predisposed against it. The theory ultimately demanded that a "causal agent outside of space and time" began the universe and time itself. Well that is exactly what Genesis 1:1 says.
Big Bang cosmology confirms Genesis 1:1
This initial episode introduces the potential areas of conflict between science and the Genesis 1, focusing on the last century's revolutionary developments in big bang cosmology. Scientists like Einstein initially resisted the implications of big bang cosmology because of an a priori commitment to naturalism. Big bang cosmology posited a beginning of everything, even time itself, and this conclusion naturally begs the question, Who or what began everything?