the article was very misleading - it would have one think that the idea of a creator is essentially linked to man-made religious dogma, and that the idea of a creator and the idea of evolution/big bang are mutually exclusive. while there is much wisdom inside the various scriptures, the facts seem to indicate that they don't possess truth about the literal history of the world. on the other hand - the facts of the history of the world are nothing more than the observable chain of events, and not at all a statement on causality. the article says that scientists consider the origin or the universe to be settled - but no genuine scientist claims such a thing. the big bang theory is well established - but it has an end. it ends at a dense and hot state. where did the dense and hot state come from? why did it exist? for how long did it exist? what about the potentials that caused the existence to happen? how many universes existed before our universe existed? how many other universes exist outside the borders of our own? maybe our universe is in a sea of other universes, just like our galaxy is in a sea of other galaxies. all in all, the amount of arrogance on this issue from both atheists and theists alike is just plain astounding. the only honest position is that of agnosticism - anyone claiming to possess knowledge on the issue is being false with themselves or false with others.
