Posted on 03/07/2017 6:01:33 AM PST by C19fan
YOUNG STUDENTS lucky enough to benefit from a science education will likely recognize Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, or Gregor Mendel. But ask them about Georges Lemaître and they'd probably be stumped.
Indeed, the man who first proposed that the universe is expanding and formulated the theory of the Big Bang is scarcely recognized by Google. Search for "famous scientists" and scroll through the horizontal list that pops up. Lemaître is nowhere to be seen.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearscience.com ...
If you include Lemnaitre four of these people were clergy of some degree.
“...The original Einstein equations had an expanding universe but Einstein added the infamous cosmological constant to make it status. Einstein I believe called it his greatest blunder. “
And now, we’ve had to reinsert that factor because the universe is not only expanding, but increasing the rate of expansion.
It is because he was a priest that some did not accept his findings. They thought he had an ulterior to prove the Bible is correct - that the universe - and time - had a beginning. The term “big bang” we used to deride his theory.
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The Big Bang is man’s feeble attempt to explain the universe...remember we had that “dark matter” explanation that has recently fallen out of favor. A more realistic explanation would be the gradual decay of the speed of light over great times and distances, thus explaining why the universe seems to be expanding more rapidly the further away we look. In reality it is a steady state universe.
For a great biography on Fr. Lemaitre try:
The Day Without Yesterday: Lemaitre, Einstein, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology
Catholic priest or not, the “Big Bang” is an atheist’s answer to Creation, without a Creator.
But don’t ask them what caused the Big Bang. They must fancy that to be the only effect anywhere and at any time - to not have a cause.
Lemaitre should and will be soon forgotten - after the West moves beyond today’s age of Lysenko science.
Problem is there’s absolutely no hint that the speed of light (in a vacuum) varies.
Trying to jam science into a preconceived notion doesn’t work. What is, is.
Also: Cardinal Nicolas di Cusa.
Gallileo and his theory that the universe revolved around the Sun overshadowed Nicolas’ theory that the universe was so vast that no matter where you were in the universe, it would appear to be the center of the universe. Incredibly, Nicolas was operating on pure reason.
Johann Keppler would look back at Nicolas’ theories with amazement, declaring that he must have been acting as an oracle from God Himself. But Keppler didn’t know the half of what Nicolas was guessing at.
Among Nicolas’ other theories:
-> All bodies move in roughly circular paths around other bodies.
-> There are, however, no perfect circles in the universe.
-> The farthest reaches of the Universe are closest to God, and to the perfect primordial state.
Had Galileo or Pope Urban known of Nicolas, physics would have leapt forward centuries. Instead, Galileo posited that any other belief had to be that of “Simplicus,” and the Pope bit at the bait, defending the Simplicus straw man, instead of the cosmological work of his own Church.
Thye Scriptures tell us that there is coming a day when God will roll up the heavens like a scroll. What do we suppose the mass of latent energy will do when this 'roll-up' happens? The Scriptures also tell us that God is going to create a new heavens and new earth ... for a preview of this 'coming attraction' watch the Rapture which is coming soon to a planet near you. ... But plan to watch it from the clouds, what follows on Earth will not be 'pleasant'.
Anyone who pays attention to cosmology on a regular basis knows Lemaître. He may not be a household name, but, he is well knowned.
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