@ns1clrk,
nsclerk, ummm, when Dr. was talking to the "professor" we have a 'PROFESSOR CHAOS" who gets his nickers in a knot about a bunch of things, so this isn't you...
SECOND, you said this,
Quote:A man of faith asking for proof seems rather ironic, as faith is belief in the absence of proof. Nevertheless, I did assume that statements such as "the Universe is currently in a period of expansion" were common knowledge. I apologize for this lack of foresight and recommend reading a book or watching the Science channel. Perhaps a book on Physics or maybe a special on the Universe. You can't miss.
1. I am not a man of faith.
2. I am asking for proof because l am always learning about the theories of the universe, and here you are throwing out tid-bits as if they are fact and l can't agree or disagree until l know where these theories are hatched. Obviously you can't devote enough time to backing up your theories, because they are simply theories at this point in scientific evidence.
3. "faith is belief in the absence of truth" is not a valid defence of the truth which is that there was no big bang, after all this is a "theory in the absence of scientific fact".
4. Faith is however the ONLY theory which has stood firm, whereas scientific theories have one by one been discarded as evidence and proof and further theories have been developed.
5. The fact is that an absence of God can not and has not been proven, Like conspiracy theories, the burden of proof is on the scientific community who believes in the largest of all conspiracy theories in being the absence of God.
6. The burden of proof about expansion or contraction of the universe, the absence of God, the big bang, the theory that the universe even moves in a certain manner, the theory of how other universes are in existance, is all under the huge umbrella that boils down to two simple words : PROVE IT.
