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JimJCW said:
Big Bang is the prevailing model of the universe. What you are saying is believed by most people. However, the idea that the observable universe expanded from a tiny point of Planck length (1.6×10-35 m) to the present radius of 4.4×1026 m (46.5 Gly) is so overwhelming that some people may have traces of uncertainties back in their minds.
A lot of scientific discoveries are overwhelming. That a single fertilised egg can develop into a fully grown human being. The evolution of life including intelligent, conscious humans.

That the solar system evolved from a cloud of dust. Even that there are trillions of galaxies each with hundreds of billions of stars.

It's not a good argument against a theory simply to say that the theory is mind boggling.
 
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JimJCW said:
Big Bang is the prevailing model of the universe. What you are saying is believed by most people. However, the idea that the observable universe expanded from a tiny point of Planck length (1.6×10-35 m) to the present radius of 4.4×1026 m (46.5 Gly) is so overwhelming that some people may have traces of uncertainties back in their minds.

The following articles related to expansion of space [have been deleted by the moderators since they are not valid references.]

Please see Wendy Freedman’s 2021 paper, Measurements of the Hubble Constant: Tensions in Perspective, in The Astrophysical Journal.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
Why are you arguing with yourself?

If I seem to be not committed, it’s because I wish to find the truth.