Catholic priest among the first to propose the theory of Big Bang

This is an example of religion not mixing with science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble.[2][3] He was also the first to derive what is now known as Hubble's law and made the first estimation of what is now called the Hubble constant, which he published in 1927, two years before Hubble's article.[4][5][6][7] Lemaître also proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, which he called his 'hypothesis of the primeval atom'.[8]

the following is from a humorous article about him found here:
http://www.cracked.com/article_20662_5-awesome-things-invented-by-last-people-youd-expect.html

The idea that one little "atom" started it all at a defined point in history sounded a hell of a lot like a priest spouting pseudo-science to back his own beliefs.
[...]
But that was OK, because at least somebody believed in Lemaitre's scientific theory: the Vatican. The Catholic Church elected Lemaitre to its Academy of Sciences in Rome, and he became its president in 1960. And the pope happily declared that the man's big bang discovery was proof of creationism and validated Catholicism, but Lemaitre told him to hold back on this last pronouncement. Lemaitre liked science. Lemaitre liked religion. But he said that, much like the Ghostbusters' streams, you shouldn't ever cross them. Because that would cause total protonic reversal. Or a bunch of pointless arguments. Whichever.

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here is where it is stated his belief was that science and religion should never mix:
http://books.google.ro/books?id=eq7TfxZOzSEC&pg=PA60&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
This is an example of religion not mixing with science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first perso ...[text shortened]... mix:
http://books.google.ro/books?id=eq7TfxZOzSEC&pg=PA60&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Originally posted by Suzianne
http://books.google.ro/books?id=eq7TfxZOzSEC&pg=PA60&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

If this page were in English, I might be able to tell why it refused to load.

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble.[2][3] He was also the first to derive what is now known as Hubble's law and made the first estimation of what is now called the Hubble constant, which he published in 1927, two years before Hubble's article.[4][5][6][7] Lemaître also proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, which he called his 'hypothesis of the primeval atom'.[8]

Originally posted by sonship
[quote] Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble.[2][3] He ...[text shortened]... more handy ?

Ie. Catholic clerics who suppported Galileo's heliocentric solar system.

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
This is an example of religion not mixing with science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first perso ...[text shortened]... mix:
http://books.google.ro/books?id=eq7TfxZOzSEC&pg=PA60&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)

nobody changes his mind because of arguments on the internet.

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
hmm, its an excerpt from google books. probably you aren't allowed from your location or are at work with funky policies.


i am gonna type it for you:

"Many scientists as well as non-scientists have given in to the temptation of substituting science with God at the moment of creation. Lemaitre always considered this a pseudo solution, scientificall ...[text shortened]... entist on a broader ethical level, but they should not interfere in his methods or conclusions".

Originally posted by sonship
[quote] Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble.[2][3] He ...[text shortened]... more handy ?

Ie. Catholic clerics who supported Galileo's heliocentric solar system.

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
This is an example of religion not mixing with science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre

Monseigneur Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître, (French: [ləmɛtʁ] ( listen); 17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain.[1] He was the first perso ...[text shortened]... mix:
http://books.google.ro/books?id=eq7TfxZOzSEC&pg=PA60&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Originally posted by JS357
"And the pope happily declared that the man's big bang discovery was proof of creationism and validated Catholicism"

I think this sentence may be misleading. Creation[b]ism at least in the US, is self-described as referring to a young-earth, literal Genesis account of origins. RCC dogma is not this. The sentence should say "consistent with divine creati ...[text shortened]... to that effect. Of course the church has evolved; possibly that pope was himself a creationist.[/b]

Originally posted by sonship

nobody changes his mind because of arguments on the internet.

Maybe Internet discussion forums attract people who are entrenched in their opinions.

I'd like to think I do learn a thing or two though .... or three.

Originally posted by JS357
Doesn't load for me who usually have no problem. I get "Nu sunt disponibile cărţi electronice" which google recognizes as Romanian and translates to "eBooks are not available".

(There are special characters in the Romanian phrase which RHP does not recognize.)

Originally posted by RJHinds
Why should you believe what a Roman Catholic Priest says? Do they really have any credibility?

Poland's Catholic church apologizes as pedophile scandal spreads

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/328518/news/world/poland-s-catholic-church-apologizes-as-pedophile-scandal-spreads

The Instructor

Originally posted by Zahlanzi
more than what your cult has. what obscure cult are you a part of again?

"Poland's Catholic church apologizes as pedophile scandal spreads"
non sequitor. ad hominem.