Steady State Theory

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The Steady State Theory was an old theory of the origin of the universe that basically said the universe had no origin. It is a good theory for those who fear change. According to the Steady State Theory, the universe has existed forever and will exist forever. Matter is continuously created and the universe is constantly expanding, so according to the theory, the universe always look the same for all time. Unfortunately for Steady Staters, the theory's predictions did not match up with later experiments and the Big Bang theory won out in the end. The fact that people also seem to have an obsessive fascination with large explosions probably didn't help the Steady State Theory.

Why certain creationists backed Steady State Theory, which needs no God to create it, and shunned the Big Bang theory, which in most formulations has a beginning, is a mystery.