Yeah, of course. Lemaître was basically the first proposer of a theory along the lines of what is now called "The Big Bang," although he apparently (according to Wikipedia) used the phrase "primordial atom." Something like the Hubble Law (which is officially called the Hubble-Lemaître Law) and its implications on the distant past / universe origins has nothing to do with the orbital motion of the earth around the sun. The solar system model predates The Big Bang, Lemaître, Einstein, and Relativity by centuries.
And yes, he was a Jesuit priest. If you reject The Big Bang because the original theory is from a Jesuit then I guess that is your right. I personally do not have strong feelings about it, as it seems difficult to me to look at the present view of outer space and project that backwards to when the universe was supposedly smaller than an atom. I don't mind that people do that, I guess, it is just not something I care too much about.
I personally always thought it amusing that modern "anti bible thumper trust the science" people, who have replaced The Book of Genesis with The Big Bang, seemed totally unaware that it was a Catholic priest who came up with this theory. When one considers that it seems to harmonize science with religion, it is a bit interesting.
Every hear of Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître?
Yeah, of course. Lemaître was basically the first proposer of a theory along the lines of what is now called "The Big Bang," although he apparently (according to Wikipedia) used the phrase "primordial atom." Something like the Hubble Law (which is officially called the Hubble-Lemaître Law) and its implications on the distant past / universe origins has nothing to do with the orbital motion of the earth around the sun. The solar system model predates The Big Bang, Lemaître, Einstein, and Relativity by centuries.
And yes, he was a Jesuit priest. If you reject The Big Bang because the original theory is from a Jesuit then I guess that is your right. I personally do not have strong feelings about it, as it seems difficult to me to look at the present view of outer space and project that backwards to when the universe was supposedly smaller than an atom. I don't mind that people do that, I guess, it is just not something I care too much about.
I personally always thought it amusing that modern "anti bible thumper trust the science" people, who have replaced The Book of Genesis with The Big Bang, seemed totally unaware that it was a Catholic priest who came up with this theory. When one considers that it seems to harmonize science with religion, it is a bit interesting.