Subj : Re: The universe
To   : John Wilson
From : Bob Eyer
Date : Mon Dec 25 2000 10:05 pm

BE:
-...nobody
-made the mistake of supposing that the Big Bang theory ought to
-be attached to the catechism of some religion.

>I make that "mistake" all the time :-)

But you're not a physicist.  I was talking about physicists.

-This idea is false because it is
-incompatible with the mathematical formalism in General
-Relativity which was responsible for the development of the Big
-Bang theory in the first place.

>General relativity and quantum theory are still banging heads WRT
>gravity...but that's off the point, there's enough bad science
>and bad theology for all....

But much theology is bad because it tries to be science.

Better to drop the theology in discussions of scientific views
of the universe.

Bob

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