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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...

Dots on a balloon! What did Mr Hubble mean by "everything moving apart?" See "Where Did We Come From [1]" (click on extract, right). Take a balloon. Balloon? A balloon to explain about creation and God? Take a balloon and draw some dots on it with a felt tip pen. Now blow it up and see what happens to the dots. Hey, big inflation! Everything moving apart. But How did he work this out? Surely not from a telescope? He spotted the "red shift" Isn't that a sexy frock? No comment! Pay attention and I'll explain. If you listen to a fast car going past, like on a race track, It goes "yeeeeeee...aaaaaaaaaaar!", the sound has a higher note as it approaches and a lower note after it has gone. Please, pretty please, I know. It's called the Doppler Effect. Named after Christian Johann Doppler (1803 - 1853). It's the same for light. If the object is moving very fast (near the speed of light) It looks red. Red is the "lower note...

Genesis 1 or The Big Bang. Where did we come from? The general view of clever people is that it all began with a BIG BANG. What do you mean when you say that there was NOTHING, originally? Now this is hard! Before the "big bang" there was nothing - no space - no time, no "stuff" - repeat NOTHING. Space, time and all the "stuff" in the whole universe began with the "big bang".There is a posh word for this start point. It's called the SINGULARITY. --------------------------------------------------------- Wondrous Words from Wikipedia According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the Universe to cool and resulted in its present continuously expanding state. After its initial expansion from a singularity , the Universe cooled sufficiently to allow energy to be converted into various subatomic particles, including protons, neutrons, and electrons....

Happy Memories of Juke Box Jury. Cheap joke; but the word "myth" is bandied about liberally when talking about the Bible. In most people's minds it can mean the same as "untruth". Myth = Hogwash. See "Introduction : Dear Jeremy Paxman" (read again : click on link, right). So let's first examine what the word "myth" actually means; then we can use it and understand it more correctly. The "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary" ... ... offers the following:- Myth : A traditional story, either wholly or partially fictitious, providing an explanation for or embodying a popular idea concerning some natural or social phenonenon or come religious belief or ritual especially one involving supernatural persons, actions or events. The challenge is with those words "wholly or partially fictitious".  .  Are Aesop's fables mythical? Of course they are! Are Aesop's fables untrue? Of course they're not! They encapsula...