[DittoJed2]

Because Big Bang is the prevailing theory of evolutionists of how life occurred on earth. There are other theories, but I'm addressing the primary theory. It is all part of the "evolutionary package."

[Virginia-American]

Because Big Bang is the prevailing theory of evolutionists of how life occurred on earth. There are other theories, but I'm addressing the primary theory. It is all part of the "evolutionary package."

Huh? Big bang is a cosmological theory. What does it have to do with anything else? Doesn't it stand or fall on its own merits, just like any other theory?

As Jennyp pointed out, Darwin certainly never heard of such a thing as big bang theory. He just studied life as it is.

[jennyp]

It is all part of the "evolutionary package."

No it's not! The only thing the Theory of Evolution "needs" from cosmology (for the ToE to not be falsified) is for the Earth to be at least 4 billion years old, and that only because the oldest fossils look like they're over 3 billion years old.

I can come up with a dozen hypotheses about how the universe came to be that would be compatible with the earth being 4 billion years old - including "God spoke the primordial universe into existence 13.7 billion years ago, then sat back & watched with excitement as His grand physics experiment played out". See? It's irrelevant to the theory of biological evolution.

[Aric2000]

"evolutionary package."


Awe, now we get to the crux of it.

You want to talk about cosmology, and we are talking specifically about evolution.

No wonder you are so confused.

Cosmology, or the evolution of the universe is an attempt to take the different theories and put them into a coherent whole. Problem is, that we don't know enough about certain things to make it possible yet.

The Big Bang has NO effect on the theory of evolution, Abiogenesis has NO effect on the theory of evolution, the theory of gravity has no effect on the theory of evolution.

You are trying to disprove Cosmology, and you will get no argument from me on that score, because there is NOT enough information yet to make a coherent theory.

Boy, and all this time I thought you were trying to disprove the theory of evolution.

Boy, that's a relief, maybe I can take you seriously, then again, maybe not.