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A spooky bit of Science. That's Felix Whatshisname's balloon; the man who jumped out 24 miles up. Don't tell me that's got something to do with the Bible? I said this was a spooky bit of science and you'll probably think it's even more far fetched but ... ... do you remember this? Er, possibly? It's a map of the sky showing radiation stuff that proves that we had a big bang ... Big inflation! ... OK big inflation; a beginning, something from nothing, just like the Bible says. Absolutely, but why is it speckled. I guess because it's got lumpy bits in it. And those lumpy bits of matter sort of clumped together to form stars and, eventually, planet Earth. Remember, stuff condensed like steam on a cold window. So it's lumpy - so what? Well it shouldn't be lumpy. All the calculations, all the clever maths, points to a nice smooth inflation. But if there weren't lumps we wouldn't be here talking abo...

Six Days or 13.7 billion years? What a difference a day makes Twenty-four little hours Brought the sun and the flowers Where there used to be nought And so the whole universe was completed. By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working. And that is how the universe was created. Well, you said you'd try to get out of this one. I've got a questions for you. Do I see a trick question coming? Not at all; a very factual question. When Mrs Armitage next door had her baby girl last year what did you pop through the letter box? A card, of course. A what was the picture on the card? It was a stork, carrying a baby. Why? You wouldn't send a picture of mum in the delivery room, would you? Best wishes, Mrs Armitage, glad to see you successfully had sex with Mr Armitrage! Its just a...

But what about God creating humans? But animals first, remember? Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small”; and it was done. So God made them all, and he was pleased with what he saw. Go on; show me some really weird animals! O.K. You asked for it! Thylacine (extinct) Aye-aye Colugo Glis-glis Bilby Dugong Human The wierd human is Carl von Linné [Linnaeus], born 1707, died 1778. He invented the system for naming all living creatures. In his system, the thylacine is (was!) "thylacinus cynosephalus", the glis-glis is "myoxus glis", the human is "homo sapiens"; that means "wise man". So man is just a clever monkey, right? In fact, that is one of the most misleading pictures that have even been drawn. As usual, various clever people don't agree completely but a simple explanation might be that man [homo sapiens] and the family of ape...

Life has Landed and humans represent a very small selection of vertebrates, which in turn makes up only about one hundredth of all the living creatures on earth. Then God commanded, “Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds.” So God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of creatures that live in the water, and all kinds of birds. And God was pleased with what he saw. He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number. Then God commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small" and it was done. But surely, everything evolved. Nothing to do with God?  1  is algae, descended from that primeval slime - the very beginnings of life.  2  is a sea cucumber; an animal but not much more than a tube; with food in at the front and poo out at the back. It has no...

That's Life! It was a popular TV programme once; but we're looking at how science grapples with the origin of life itself. OK so far. So where did life come from? . A Russian - Born 1894; Died 1980 This man came up with the idea of a primeval soup , a sort of sea of sludge. With all the heat, and great meteors crashing into the fiery hot earth, he guessed that the chemicals of life might mix and change and some sort of living slime might "appear" Doesn't sound very much like life as we know it! To continue ... In 1953 a research student (in America) set up an experiment to see what would happen if he used high voltage electric sparks and high pressure to try to "stir up" certain basic chemicals. Would this home-made "primeval soup" eventually become alive?  A bit like Frankenstein's monster creature? Maybe, but it didn't really work. And so far no-one has been able to "create" life! Some scientists suggest that li...

So, do you want the science first; or the Bible? Of course, the science! To help you understand, you need to buy a spaceship! And a time machine, and set the controls to take you back to about 3 seconds after the "big bang". Well, try to imagine the impossible. How far back must we go? Not far! Scientists reckon about 13.7 billion years. That's 13,700,000,000 years! Look out of your porthole, and what will you see? Cool! No, very hot actually! A few seconds after the "big bang", the whole of space was filled with brilliantly glowing and very hot particles of light . (They're called "photons", if you want the scientific term.) Photons, 13,7 billion years and what does the Bible say? In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the waters. Then God commanded, “Let there be light...

Big Bang Proved by a Priest and Pigeons? So, Hubble was convinced that there was a "big bang" but scientists started doing some tricky calculations to see if he was really right. And the thinking went back a bit further. I can't do maths - so I'll never understand, will I? Just hang on in there - it's not too hard - YET! We need to look at three men with BIG ideas! Georges Henri Joseph Edouard Lemaitre : born 1894, died 1966, an astronomer (also a Belgian Priest) suggested that everything came from the "Primeval Atom"; not so much a big lump; but a very special small lump! Well, he'd be biased, wouldn't he? He was believed in God before he started thinking scientifically. But the next man didn't think that way. George Gamow  (from Ukraine), born 1904 died 1968, calculated that all the hydrogen and helium in the universe ... Not so fast. Explain, please... Hydrogen and helium; they are the most common gases in the whole universe. Ther...