Definately not. Its only the Grant Whores that go along with that ignorant tripe, and its doubtful that even they really believe it.
"The way science is supposed to operate and does most of the time, is that theories have to explain the observable evidence..."
If you don't see that it hasn't worked that way in astronomy, its pointless to attempt an intelligent conversation with you.
"I always assumed that someone who is a surveyor would be very precisely concerned about factual evidence."
Yep, been buried in it for the last 48 years or so, and that's why I reject the fiction that the politically correct crowd puts out.
The Big Bang theory was first proposed by a Catholic priest. That was a long time ago. He wasn't a "grant whore" and obviously he wasn't trying to be politically correct. It doesn't sound like you have ever actually met or been exposed to, or studied the work of any astronomers, physicists, or cosmologists. All that matters in your mind is a certain angry fixed idea that the Big Bang theory must be wrong. You don't have anything to say about the known concrete facts that conflict with this idea.
Surveyors believe in accurate measurements. And it is precisely accurate measurements that support the Big Bang hypothesis. So why don't you address these known facts instead of merely making ad hominem attacks against astronomers?