Did Scientists Just Find Proof Of The Big Bang?!?

They did, at least according to a USA Today article title.  Has the moment finally arrived when we can put an end to all this religious lunacy and accept a scientific worldview?

The most recent episode of Cosmos, (Episode 2) a major remake of Carl Sagan's 1980s hit by Fox studios and National Geographic, gave reason for hope.  The episode was all about evolution and it was being presented intelligently and to a large audience.  Now, sitting and scrolling through the news I saw the title that struck out at me "Scientists find proof of the Big Bang."  I was hopeful but also hesitant, if this really was the groundbreaking story I was hoping to see I would have expected it to be the main story not 3rd in line as it was placed.

Well, the first two articles consisted of Russia moving to "Swallow" Crimea and about the efforts to find the jumbo jet that has been missing an unprecedented 10 plus days are both major stories and proof of the Big Bang did top "'Dancing with the Stars' Kicks off Season 18" so maybe not all is lost.  Reading through the article I was impressed by the findings.  They found a "signature curl" that models had predicted for gravitational waves created from the massive and extraordinary expansion of the early universe that has been called inflation.  The telltale curl was seen on microwaves that were ejected during inflation which we currently see as cosmic background radiation, scientists interviewed for this article called it the "smoking gun."  Is this really the panacea for remedying belief in creationism?

Sadly no, you see this article made one major and critical flaw... it used science.  I don't mean to sound condescending, what I mean is that it was technical.  This, of course, is the dumbed down version of what academics will actually write to each other and even it relied on my understanding of a lot of concepts to which I was at best only vaguely familiar with.  I tend to see myself as a little bit science geeky (though more as a hobby than a devotion) and I have a best a crude understanding of "inflation theory," "microwave radiation curls," and "cosmic background radiation."  This article may prove to be a smoking gun, but only to those who were already predisposed towards accepting the Big Bang theory.

I find it somewhat depressing that major scientific discoveries such as this (assuming the results will be confirmed) are not heralded and celebrated with great vigor in America.  So many Americans feel that science is attacking their beliefs that, instead of celebrating, we are defending science against the wrath of God.  Maybe the breadth of the appeal of a show like Cosmos can bring the joy of scientific discovery to a new generation, lets hope so; but just incase, i'll pray on it...