Nothing Can Create Something All The Time

Science Has Been Effective At Furthering Our Understanding Of Nature Because The Scientific Ethos Is Based On Three Key Principles: (1) Follow The Evidence Wherever It Leads; (2) If One Has A Theory, One Needs To Be Willing To Try To Prove It Wrong As Much As One Tries To Prove That It Is Right; (3) The Ultimate Arbiter Of Truth Is Experiment, Not The Comfort One Derives From One's A Priori Beliefs, Nor The Beauty Or Elegance One Ascribes To One's Theoretical Models.

Metaphysical Speculation Is Independent Of The Physical Validity Of The Big Bang Itself And Is Irrelevant To Our Understanding Of It.

Our Modern Conception Of The Universe Is So Foreign To What Even Scientists Generally Believed A Mere Century Ago That It Is A Tribute To The Power Of The Scientific Method And The Creativity And Persistence Of Humans Who Want To Understand It.

When A Person's Religious Beliefs Cause Him To Deny The Evidence Of Science, Or For Whom Public Policy Morphs Into A Battle With The Devil, Shouldn't That Be A Subject For Discussion And Debate?

The Really Important Thing Is Learning How To Sceptically Question And Rely On Empirical Evidence.