The Modern Creation Myth & Stephen Crothers, Checking the Math

The Modern Creation Myth: At the start of the 20th century,
mathematical physics, inspired by a series of instrumental
discoveries in astrophysics, attempted to formulate an answer to
the question of how the universe came to be. The resulting
creation story, the big bang, was hailed as a triumph of reason
and cosmic understanding. But was it really something new, or was
it just a new version of the oldest myth known to humanity?
 


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Dine Bahane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Din%C3%A9_Bahane%CA%BC


Egyptian myths:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_creation_myths#Common_elements 


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Hubble, Edwin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble#Universe_goes_beyond_the_Milky_Way_galaxy
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Viracocha:
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World egg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_egg