Possible Flaws of General Relativity and a Distinct Approach to Understanding Gravity

There are compelling lines of reasoning that suggest general relativity is flawed. General relativity was primarily formulated through thought experiments. This theory cannot explain why spacetime, arguably not a physical or material entity, should become curved due to the presence of energy-momentum. Since general relativity attempts to generalize Newton's law of gravitation, it can explain certain aspects of gravity. However, because gravity is not a force in this theory, it arguably cannot properly explain the pull of gravity. Furthermore, no attempt to quantize general relativity has been successful yet. It predicts various singularities and even violates the energy and information conservation below the event horizon of black holes, as well as having possible inconsistencies with observations. Most of the problems arguably stem from its foundational assumptions. This paper argues that exploring alternatives to spacetime curvature should provide a more effective representation of gravitational fields.