Hoyle<\/a> was a great scientist, but as an atheist, he felt that the new \u201cBig Bang<\/a>\u201d theory sounded too much like the Christian doctrine of creation out of nothing<\/em> (creatio ex nihilo). Indeed, he came up with the designation \u201cBig Bang<\/a>\u201d as a way of poking fun at it. He thus worked to support the alternative known as the \u201csteady state<\/a>\u201d theory. During Hoyle\u2019s lifetime, the Big Bang theory became the almost universally accepted scientific account<\/a> of cosmological origins. Why? Certainly not because of an atheist, materialist conspiracy. But neither because of conspiracy by Christian astronomers and astrophysicists. No, the reason is much simpler. The Big Bang has prevailed because it fits the evidence. There are still alternative proposals<\/a> and unanswered questions<\/a>, but the most basic points of the Big Bang theory still remains the most plausible account<\/a>, because of the evidence that has accumulated.<\/p>\n
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