> his struggles to defend his “Big Bang” model of the origin of the universe against those who accused him of being religiously motivated
His opponents literally proposed that matter simply came-to-be out of nothing in order to avoid the possibility that the universe might have a beginning.
If you are interested in the history of this disagreement about the nature of the universe you should also read Stanley Jaki's _God and the Cosmologists_ [1]
His opponents literally proposed that matter simply came-to-be out of nothing in order to avoid the possibility that the universe might have a beginning.
If you are interested in the history of this disagreement about the nature of the universe you should also read Stanley Jaki's _God and the Cosmologists_ [1]
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/God-Cosmologists-Stanley-L-Jaki/dp/08...