[Thatcherite]

Interesting. We are not as far away from each other's positions as I thought at first.

Are you aware that Cosmic Microwave Background was predicted by Big Bang theory, and subsequently detected (for which a Nobel Prize was awarded). Its absolutely tiny anisotropy fits superbly with our expectations of an expanding universe.

I am not aware of any rival explanation for CMB.

[AndyTheBear]

Are you aware that Cosmic Microwave Background was predicted by Big Bang theory, and subsequently detected (for which a Nobel Prize was awarded).

No, I wasn't. So now its too late for the Big Bang to predict it for me.

Its absolutely tiny anisotropy fits superbly with our expectations of an expanding universe.

"Anisotropy" is not even in my vocabulary...seriously what does it mean?

I am not aware of any rival explanation for CMB.

Don't feel bad. I'm not aware of a lot of things, quantum mechanics in particular seems to give me trouble. I can start to follow it mathematically, but I just can't get an intuitive feel like I get with good old Newtonian physics. But God help me in figuring out why the universe exists at all.