Pseudo wrote:school text books have the big bang theory in them which is based on assumptions and estimations, not scientific evidence,
Complete and utter BULLDUST. The big bang has been supported by several observations. One is the measurable background radiation of the universe. Turn on an analogue television set and tune it to a free channel; a significant amount of what you see on the screen is due to the set picking up this background radiation. Current models of the universe's creation predict the existence of such radiation. A second observation is obtained from radio telescopes trained upon distant galaxies. The light from these galaxies is heavily shifted towards the low-frequency end of the spectrum. This is a manifestation of the well-known Doppler shift, demonstrating that distant galaxies are receding at a very high velocity. This implies that at one time the various galaxies must have been close together: at the Big Bang.
That's the scientific method at work: form a theory, find evidence which supports that theory - or falsifies it. Contrast this with the philosophical method, which argues forwards from assumptions to extend knowledge. Contrast both methods with the religious model of thought: See something which you don't understand, and postulate the workings of an imaginary deity to account for it. This God is a "God of the gaps", a deity whose name is invoked in order to cover up ignorance.
How difficult would it be for the religious fundies to maintain the belief that God created the universe, and the laws which govern it, then stood back to watch its beauty evolve?
they have tried the same experiment before (exploding two atoms) and discovered that it did nothing.
regarding your last point, along the same line of thinking, how difficult would it be for God to have created the universe and all that is in it and watch us create havoc and destroy the place, that's all that has happened...
your thought gives our life no meaning or purpose, effectively we are related (distantly) to single celled organisms of which, in all honesty, have extremely low if any value in our eyes. whereas the Christian belief gives us a meaningful existence and a hope...
