The word cosmology means how the world began. There are three different creation stories. The first is the story that God created the world, which is called the 'First Cause Theory' and Theists believe this. The second is the 'Big Bang Theory', which is believed by Atheists and scientists. This theory says that billions of years ago there was a huge explosion in space and that the Earth was formed by a piece of debris from it. The final theory is called the 'Steady-State Theory', which says that the Universe and the Earth has always been here, and it was not created. Science is always based upon facts and Religion is based upon people's beliefs. If Science is supporting Religion it means that it is agreeing with what it is saying.
There are a lot of different theories regarding the creation of the universe. It is a very controversial topic, because most theories don't follow the story of Genesis in the bible. There is the "Big Bang" theory, the "Steady State" theory, and the 'First Cause Theory'. The theory that best explains creation is the Big Bang theory.
Since the 1880's, scientists have observed that light coming from distant stars has a red shift, indicating that those stars are moving away from us at high speeds. In the 1920's Belgian astronomer Georges LeMaître proposed the theory that the universe was created by a huge explosion, and that all the matter in the universe is still flying away from that explosion at enormous speeds. This idea was dubbed the Big Bang Theory by George Gamow circa 1930.
The Big Bang Theory explains why stars in every direction show this red shift. The theory assumed that the Earth is located close to the gravitational center of the universe, which is the presumed site of the Big Bang. So objects speeding away from that explosion will also be speeding away from Earth at roughly the same speed. There are, however, several things that the Big Bang Theory does not explain, such as the distribution of matter in the universe, pulsars, the apparent lack of anti-matter, the lack of sufficient mass to hold galaxies together, the seeming acceleration in the rate the universe is expanding, and the discovery of objects that are apparently older than the Big Bang. The purpose of the paper is to present a more comprehensive theory of the universe which explains all of these observations.
The Big Bang Theory explains why stars in every direction show this red shift. The theory assumed that the Earth is located close to the gravitational center of the universe, which is the presumed site of the Big Bang. So objects speeding away from that explosion will also be speeding away from Earth at roughly the same speed. There are, however, several things that the Big Bang Theory does not explain, such as the distribution of matter in the universe, pulsars, the apparent lack of anti-matter, the lack of sufficient mass to hold galaxies together, the seeming acceleration in the rate the universe is expanding, and the discovery of objects that are apparently older than the Big Bang. The purpose of the paper is to present a more comprehensive theory of the universe which explains all of these observations.
The universe is a far larger and more complex system than the Big Bang Theory predicts. Matter is distributed throughout the cosmos, and traveling in every direction. Red shift alone cannot determine the age and distance of every visible object.
