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Hello, me again, I'm the same guest that wrote the above comments about theories. (If you like, you can call me Risei no Koe.) I'm so glad to see you all discussing this topic (which I think we can agree is a very touchy one) like rational, civilized people! Please keep on in this vein! (And please, always check your facts, refrain from using insults or getting emotional, and put your chairs and tray tables in the upright position!;)

however many years into the past and observe the birth of the universe and the subsequent formation of life, nor can we "repeat the experiment" by creating another universe ourselves.(If you CAN create universes, my apologies. *ring ring* Hello, may I have the number for SHIELD Director Coulson, please? I have an 084 in need of containment...) Joking aside--many theories, evolution and the big bang theory in particular, are so widespread that they are assumed by many to be fact, when they are actually no more provable than their counterpart, creationism. So I would ask you all to keep open minds, and not take things for granted, or mindlessly believe the word of anyone, be it Bill Nye or Moses. Look for evidence for yourself: see if historical events match up, or certain things don't sound right, or if one side has a truly stronger argument. THEN, once you have considered all viewpoints, weighed the evidence, and are willing to discuss civilly and unemotionally, please join the debate!

Hello! I find all this debate very interesting. May I offer an idea?
Science does, indeed, thrive on facts. However, every "fact" starts off as a theory. For instance, Galileo had a theory that the earth revolved around the sun, not vice-versa (which has obviously been proven true.) Newton had some very interesting theories on the way objects interact with each other-- which have since become the Laws of Physics! Some theories are obviously false-- like the "miasma" theory of disease spread, popular in the Renaissance era-- and some are just plain silly, like the prevailing idea in the Medieval Age that maggots came from rotten meat! But people tend to forget that some theories cannot be proven nor disproven, such as the respective theories of evolution and creation. To quote Stark, "...science thrives on solid facts that are tested and repeatable at any time." Unfortunately, we can have no conclusive evidence for either of these prevailing theories, because we can neither travel

Actually, just something interesting here, the earliest known copies of the Bible ever found match up almost exactly with the translations we have today (allowing for language differences.)