Georges Lemaître

Father Georges Lemaître (1894-1966) was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and professor. He was the first to propose an expanding universe and originated the "Big Bang Theory."


It appeared to me that there were two paths to truth, [science and faith,] and I decided to follow both of them.

The last two thousand million years are slow evolution: they are the smoke and ashes of bright but very rapid fireworks.

There is no conflict between science and religion.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.