(July 21, 2012 at 5:41 am)Zen Badger Wrote:(July 20, 2012 at 7:43 am)pgrimes15 Wrote: Many cosmologists (the most famous being Fred Hoyle) have problems with the Big Bang theory considering it to be the 20th century's version of the creation story.
https://sites.google.com/site/bigbangcosmythology/
The basic case is that the galactic redshift has been misinterpreted as indicating speed of recession, whilst it is actually an indication of distance, and is caused by something called the "Compton Effect" where photons are absorbed by intergalactic gas and retransmitted at a lower energy. The site also mentions how the cosmological heirarchy is acting like a priesthood where the Big Bang idea is so firmly entrenched (it is in textbooks after all ) that all dissenting views are dismissed, and anyone who wants to get ahead in the field (i.e. wants study and research grants) cannot afford to be seen as a maverick.
Make up your own mind.
Regards
Grimesy
The guy who wrote that is also a 9/11 truther.
Make up your own mind.
I didn't know that. Have you got a reference - I assume you mean John Kierein - Google only comes up with cosmology stuff.
The point I was getting at is that the Big Bang theory has been a millstone around the neck of rationalist debaters, and a positive boon for Xtian apologists using the first cause argument.
Regards
Grimesy
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon
