Comments on: The Spacecraft that Revolutionized Cosmology http://www.anthonares.net/2006/03/the-spacecraft-that-revolutionized-cosmology.html Chronicling and Commenting on Human Progress Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Malcolm E. Schrader http://www.anthonares.net/2006/03/the-spacecraft-that-revolutionized-cosmology.html#comment-4089 Malcolm E. Schrader Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:05:33 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/03/the-spacecraft-that-revolutionized-cosmology.html#comment-4089 Actually, historically, the idea of a big bang has been inimical to the anti-religion philosophers, who preferred to deal with a steady state world that had no beginning or end, obviating the need for a creator. Evidence for the big-bang came as a shock to them. The not-so-literalist bible followers, on the other hand, happily seized on this discovery as strong backing for the idea of a creation, which was followed by a programmed evolution (first chapter Genesis, first account of "creation"). Looking upon that account as a work of the human intellect, there was no expectation of all the details being accurate, but rather astonishment at the resemblance to modern knowledge of evolution. Actually, historically, the idea of a big bang has been inimical to the anti-religion philosophers, who preferred to deal with a steady state world that had no beginning or end, obviating the need for a creator. Evidence for the big-bang came as a shock to them. The not-so-literalist bible followers, on the other hand, happily seized on this discovery as strong backing for the idea of a creation, which was followed by a programmed evolution (first chapter Genesis, first account of “creation”). Looking upon that account as a work of the human intellect, there was no expectation of all the details being accurate, but rather astonishment at the resemblance to modern knowledge of evolution.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.anthonares.net/2006/03/the-spacecraft-that-revolutionized-cosmology.html#comment-255 Bruce Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:56:57 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/03/the-spacecraft-that-revolutionized-cosmology.html#comment-255 Excellent article, Anthony! I've been so busy with work and other things that I haven't been keeping up with blog writing or reading - not even yours, sad to say. Top notch as usual. Interesting that I happened to write on something related to biblical vs. physics-based origin ideas in my blog today before seeing this (thanks for your comment there, BTW). I'm off to Taiwan in about 24 hours. Travel season is starting. Fortunately Asia is pretty well wired for broadband so I should be able to keep in touch (maybe better than recent weeks!). -Bruce Excellent article, Anthony! I’ve been so busy with work and other things that I haven’t been keeping up with blog writing or reading - not even yours, sad to say. Top notch as usual. Interesting that I happened to write on something related to biblical vs. physics-based origin ideas in my blog today before seeing this (thanks for your comment there, BTW).

I’m off to Taiwan in about 24 hours. Travel season is starting. Fortunately Asia is pretty well wired for broadband so I should be able to keep in touch (maybe better than recent weeks!).

-Bruce

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