For those who want proof of the exodus

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Yes; for the longest time.

Know what swayed the balance? Evidence. Evidence that withstood peer scrutiny and actually matched reality better than any other hypothesis. That's how it got to be a theory; the clue's in the name.

So, were all those who argued in favor of a Big Bang routinely mocked in Internet forums by the "establishment cosmologists" at one point?  

Maybe Mahoney is just another insignificant patent clerk waiting for his big break. 

Then maybe Mahoney should tear a page from the Einstein playbook and submit his ideas to the appropriate peer reviewed journals. In fact, if he wants to go full Einstein, perhaps he can offer specific things that would utterly disconfirm his theory if they came to light.

I don't remember Einstein selling his ideas in a movie he made over which he enjoyed full editorial control and that he marketed to an audience predisposed to accepting his conclusions because it stroked their need for validation on something they already believed because their holy book said so.