Funny Little Story

Alright, so perhaps fun little story is a misnomer....the story's not really that fun...but I thought it was pretty cool. So with my summer job, I get to go to a lot of cool places and see a lot of cool things and hear a lot of cool talks. Today was a talk that I was not especially looking forward to. It was one on the Big Bang given by a recent Nobel Laurette who happens to be the very first NASA civil servant to receive one. Woopty do. For someone with a degree in astrophysics, I really don't like astrophysics talks...they're fundamentally boring....especially ones on things I don't think hold any water...such as the big bang. I disagree with it on both scientific and theological grounds, but that's another topic for another time...would make this short story into a very long winded story. Anyway, so not really lookin forward to this one...and true to form, I struggled to stay away through it. Anywho, so it's over, and it's question and answer time...someone asked a question about the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope, the telescope that will replace Hubble....After the speaker answered the question, the director of the National Space Science and Technology Center, the place where the talk was being held, told a little story that was clearly anti-Christian...I'd heard it before, was offended before, and was offended again. It goes something like this. The principle investigator for Hubble was trying to convince Congress to fund it and was explaining how far it could see. The head of the committee, who was an ordained minister, asked, "Now hold on just a second. You're saying that Hubble can see creation?" To that, the PI replied, "Oh no no no Senator, you misunderstood. Hubble will be able to see the universe one nanosecond after it left that hand of God." (you see, the person telling the joke put special emphasis on the fact that the man asking this question in committee was a minister in order to show just how incredibly dumb and gullible he thinks Christians are for believing in Creation...hence the reason I'm completely offended....cause it's not a fair joke...and well, I think he's the fool for not believing in Creation). So the director than said that the James Webb Telescope would be able to see the hand of God itself (again, clearly poking fun at the notion of creation...not so much in words, but in the way he said it).

So here's where the cool part comes in. The speaker, a man who won the Nobel prize for his work in studying the Big Bang then replies, and I quote, "Well, anyone who has eyes can see that Hand all over the place."

I don't know if many of the people in the room got it or heard it, but it was awesome. Quite the come back, and not from the source I would have expected. I don't know what the faith or background of the speaker is...but he very clearly believes that the universe was created...he sees it being created through the big bang, but he, a man who has devoted his life to studying the universe says plain as day, "you're clearly a fool if you believe that this all just happened on it's own."

Anyway, that's it. Keep the faith!

~AndyJams~