The big bang theory requires a recent origin of the Universe that openly invites the concept of creation.
Fred HoyleThere are many ways of knocking electrons out of atoms. The simplest is to rub two surfaces together.
Fred HoyleWhen I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.
Fred HoyleSpace isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
Fred HoyleOn scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described in scientific terms. . . . On philosophical grounds too I cannot see any good reason for preferring the big bang idea. Indeed it seems to me in the philosophical sense to be a distinctly unsatisfactory notion, since it puts the basic assumption out of sight where it can never be challenged by a direct appeal to observation.
Fred Hoyle