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The \"inventor\" of the Big Bang<\/a>
Father Georges Lema\u00eetre in roughly 1933.
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Wider recognition of the contributions of Father Lema\u00eetre would also, I think, give at least 3.2 seconds\u2019 pause to some of the loud voices who like to dogmatize about the supposed complete incompatibility\u00a0of\u00a0science and religion and about the alleged war between them.<\/p>\n

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