(October 5, 2012 at 4:14 pm)pgrimes15 Wrote: My problem is that, whilst I have generally been happy to defer to the scientific experts in areas like evolution or geology, the notion that the "community" of scientific cosmologists is behave like a priesthood is in my brain and I can't shift it. It has got to the point where I cannot even read articles in, say, Scientific American that begin with an assumption that the Big Bang is cut and dried, signed sealed and delivered as the truth. In particular, the criticism of inflation, dark matter and dark energy as being ad-hoc work-arounds has struck home with me.
Pleae help !! I feel like a god-botherer who is having faith issues !!
Regards
Grimesy
Sorry I can't help you here because I feel similarly. In addition to what you point out there has seemed to be a kind of perverse glee in making statements about the limits of space and the origins of time which strike me as overly sensational. It sometimes seems to me that certain people glom onto these bits with the same enthusiasm that leads conspiracy theorists to prefer the outlandish scenario.
