“At first the scientific community was very reluctant to accept the idea of a birth of the universe.” “Not only did the Big Bang model seem to give in to the Judeo-Christian idea of a beginning of the world, but it also seemed to have to call for an act of supernatural creation.…” “It took time, observational evidence, and careful verification of predictions made by the Big Bang model to convince the scientific community to accept the idea of a cosmic genesis.” “… [T]he Big Bang is a very successful model … that imposed itself on a reluctant scientific community.”[3] —J. M. Wersinger, Assoc.
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