I'm sorry, GGG, but the Big Bang theory was developed by a Christian to explain observed facts. Many mainstream scientists rejected the Big Bang Theory precisely because it suggested a beginning of the universe, which was too close to the concept of the Bible.
In other words, the Big Bang supports the Bible.
Finally, the observations do not support that we are at or near the center of the universe. There is no center. At any point on the earth, it always appears that you are at the center of the horizon. Similarly, at any point in the universe, it appears that you are at the center of an approximately 14-billion light year diameter sphere.
Finally, say that you are standing in a big, flat desert and 15 cars start driving away from you in various direction. Not only do the cars appear to be receding from you, but from the viewpoint of one of those cars, every other car -- plus you -- appear to be receding from you.
See here for a good explanation of an expanding universe that does not go into too much scientific detail.
I don't think your characterization of his work as "designed to demote our position in the universe" is either fair or accurate GGG. It's simply one of the better fits to existing data. There really does seem to be a creation event as described by Genesis.
God's creation is certainly full of wonder.
==I’m sorry, GGG, but the Big Bang theory was developed by a Christian to explain observed facts.
Did I not make it abundantly clear that I was referring to evo-atheists like Stephen Hawkings et al who openly admit that they scrapped the empirical observations of Lamaitre et al (which point to our galaxy being at or near the center of the Universe) for purely ideological reasons?