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17"Currently two incomplete and not very satisfactoryHYPOTHESES on the ORIGIN of the materialuniverse have been seriously proposed and explored."After showing why each had insuperabledifficulties, he went on to comment:"We appear, therefore, to be rather helplesswith regard to explaining the origin of the universe.But once IT IS SET GOING, we can do a little better atinterpretation."Keep God AwayThen, with sweeping confidence he continuedhis talk before his colleagues:"With bold advances in cosmogony we may inthe future HEAR LESS OF A CREATOR and more ofsuch things as 'anti-matter,' 'mirror worlds,' and'closed space-time.' "But just before he sat down, Shapley wasforced to admit:"Finality, however, may elude us. That thewhole universe evolves can be our reasonablededuction, but just WHY it evolves, or from WHERE,or where to - the answers to these questions maybe among the unknowable." (The Evolution of Life,Volume 1, Sol Tax, editor.)And, notice!A famous astronomer admits he doesn't knowwhy the universe is as it is. Or where it came from!He can't explain why matter exists; he doesn't knowwhy universal laws operate.But he "reasonably deduces"- that is, assumeswithout basis - that the universe did evolve.Well, this is, as they say "par for the course."Scienti~ts claim to submit all ideas to observationand analysis. They demand you do! But theyallow themselves to assume without proof; withoutobservation; without fact.Why?So they can "hear less of a Creator."Astronomical SpeculationBasically, two classes of theory have beendevised to account for the universe. Both have onecentral purpose - to get rid of God.Keystone (top), H . Armstrong-Roberts (bottom) photosEYES INTO THE SKY - Two breakthroughs in precisionengineering have allowed astronomers to gaze moredeeply and accurately into the heavens. Top photo, showscattle peacefully grazing under the world's largest fullysteerable radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire,England. Bottom photos show the 200-inch Hale telescopeat the Mount Palomar observatory - also pictured.The Hale reflector is the largest in the world.. The Steady State Theory directly attempts todo away with the need for a Creator God. It's anattempt to bring the "origin" of the universe intothe laboratory - and give a physical explanationfor it.And here's the amazing basis for it:"The creation process is dissected and examinedin as great a detail as possible."GOD IS NEVER INTRODUCED."In the theory of continuous creation thereis no necessity for any recourse to an OriginalCause because the creation process is ASSUMED tobe an everyday process."... what, they ask, is SO SACRED aboutcreation?" {Modern Theories of the Universe,James A. Coleman, page 194.}Steady staters claim the universe had NObeginning. It ALWAYS has been here and always willbe here. In this theory, one doesn't even mention a"beginning."It's a very convenient theory!It tries to do away with the need for aCreator God. But as much as cosmologists mightwant to believe it, they find this Steady StateTheory CONTRADICTS too many fundamental lawsof the universe and too many direct observations.Today, the theory has been piled on the trashheap of other discarded ideas.Proponents of this theory claim hydrogenatoms are being spontaneously "created" in space.Of course, and very conveniently for thesteady-staters, they claim this amount could neverbe calculated or observed physically. So we don'tknow - by observation - if such a thing is occurring.But steady-staters assure us it is!And ask us to believe it ON FAITH!Matter Created -From What?But where does this matter come from?Fred Hoyle, leading exponent tells us:"IT DOES NOT COME FROM ANY­WHERE."Material appears - it is created. At one timethe various atoms composing the material do notexist, and at a later time they do. This may seemlike a very STRANGE idea, and I agree that it is, butin SCIENCE it does not matter how strange an ideamay seem so long as it works ..." (Fred Hoyle,Harper's Magazine, February 1951, page 68).Does not come from anywhere? Appears outof NOTHING? A strange idea - indeed! But in the