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CNA Newsroom, Feb 1, 2023 / 14:00 pm A Belgian television station has rediscovered a 20-minute video in which Father Georges Lemaitre, considered the father of the Big Bang theory, explains what the origin of the universe may have been like. Lemaitre was a Belgian astrophysicist known for being the first academic to propose the theory of the expansion of the universe from a massive explosion of what he called a “primordial atom” or “cosmic egg.” Until now, only photographs of Lemaitre were preserved, the most popular being the one where he appears alongside Albert Einstein. However, the VRT television...

"Christophe Lemaitre made history at the French championships in Valence by becoming the first white man to run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds. Lemaitre, 20, the former European junior record holder, also broke the French national record on his way to victory in 9.98 seconds. 'What I wanted was the first place. The time was more of a long-term goal,' said Lemaitre. 'It's good to have done it before the European Championships.'"

When people discuss religion and science, they refer to the two has opposites that do not attract. More like oil and water than Yin and Yang. The opinion seems to prevail that the two should never mix. Since it often comes down to a big argument about where the universe came from, I thought it was only fair to provide a religious perspective. That of Belgian Priest Georges Lemaitre. Lemaitre, like many religious figures, went against the prevailing science of his day. He argued, in accordance with the Book of Genesis, that the Universe was created from "a primeival atom"...