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To: Junior_G
"The big bang theory is just creationism for athiests."

Actually, the "big bang" theory was first promulgated by Jesuit physicist Georges LeMaitre--so one can hardly blame it on athiests.

16 posted on 09/24/2004 9:03:38 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Soviet Aleksandr Friedmann had actually came to the same conclusion a few years earlier.
The term "Big Bang" was coined by Hoyle, who was mocking the theory in an attempt to boost his steady state model, rest it's soul.


18 posted on 09/24/2004 9:08:54 AM PDT by Michael_Michaelangelo
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