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NASA Reaffirms Big Bang Theory
Peretz writes "NASA has found evidence reinforcing a theory of what took place post-Big Bang and time expansion. They claim: 'Over the course of millions of years, gravity exploited the density differences to create the structure of the universe---stars and galaxies separated by vast voids.' Thereby creating a 'structure' to the universe -- a kiddush cup. '...finds that the first stars---the forebears of all subsequent generations of stars and of life itself---were fully formed remarkably early, only about 400 million years after inflation. This is called the era of reionization, the point when the light from the first stars ionized hydrogen atoms, liberating electrons from the protons.'"
Incidentally, only on Slashdot can you get modded up for obsessing over the use of "a" instead of "the." (Which is why I guess grammar nazis like me like the site...)
Secession is the right of all sentient beings.
Incidentally, I'm a fundamentalist, and I lean toward a literal understanding of Genesis and a 6000-year earth
Well then you must know that Genesis literally is a just a hacked up and edited version of much older Sumerian myths and also that it was written by 6 different authors. And where did Cain find that wife of his anyway? Oh well, it's the perfect word of god so it must be true.
The part of genesis I like best is "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth". In fact I'm off to partake in some herb bearing seed right now, though it is a bitch when there are too many seeds.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
It is time we stopped tolerating the Steady State fundamentalists in our schools. We will continue falling behind in science and technology as a nation if we give in to those pushing the steady state agenda. The right wing nut bags are free to believe in steady state in the privacy of their own homes and churches, but they need to shut up about it in the public sphere. We need a complete separation of discredited theories and the state. This is all Bush's fault.
A Government Is a Body of People, Usually Notably Ungoverned