tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13323795.post8505481781960067599..comments2023-09-19T10:31:04.810-04:00Comments on beloved before time: Large Hadron ColliderAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215174193221101678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13323795.post-38119389330162335032008-09-13T12:24:00.000-04:002008-09-13T12:24:00.000-04:00Litl-Luther,Haha, nope, I don't lynch anybody. An...Litl-Luther,<BR/><BR/>Haha, nope, I don't lynch anybody. And perhaps "dissenter" was an improper word; for that I apologize. I don't have any real commitment to the big bang; I'm sort of neutral to it, really. But I do value the natural sciences, and though I don't necessarily defend everything about the sciences (thought it may seem to the contrary), I simply want Christians to think through tough issues like science a little more diplomatically, rather than with the common carte blanche dismissal of it as "atheistic propaganda."Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215174193221101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13323795.post-60499302762541723492008-09-13T00:40:00.000-04:002008-09-13T00:40:00.000-04:00When I ‘dissented’ with those words, I was not loo...When I ‘dissented’ with those words, I was not looking at the Big Bang theory as you describe it but as the theory is actually held by most all proponents: A theory without God. I am not arguing against your ideas on it. God may have created that way, and only He could have brought such beauty and order out of chaos. However, the vast majority of people who believe in the Big Bang think of it as happening without a Creator and Sustainer. THAT is what is nonsensical to me. And I still believe the idea of no God but rather some huge, random explosion causing such a well ordered universe is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! It is the atheistic Big Bang proponents that I was calling to task.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed what you wrote, however. And I am thankful that there are Christians out there who can argue the case for God in the Big Bang theory. …I love that you quoted that text from Psalm 19. I just shared it with my students yesterday in fact. When the Psalmist wrote it, all he could see where the tiny twinkles in the night sky. Now through telescopes we can see much more clearly the glory that God was speaking about through the Psalmist. This is another evidence of how science, properly understood, only serves to strengthen our faith in God, not dispel it. And that is why I am so appreciative of your article because it serves to strengthen our faith in God.<BR/><BR/>Great quote from TIME Magazine, too, by the way….You don’t lynch dissenters at your blog do you? <BR/>:[Litl-Lutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09790787494599438994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13323795.post-7115856230470378082008-09-12T18:16:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:16:00.000-04:00Thanks, Andrew for your good, helpful take on this...Thanks, Andrew for your good, helpful take on this. I've seen some photos in books of this kind of work- I believe, and they simply are astounding.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.com