Christians who believe the universe began billions of years ago often point to the Big Bang model to try and verify a creation-like beginning.¹ But a new origin of the universe model offers an "everlasting universe" and dismisses the whole idea of a Big Bang.²

In 1995 the Hubble Telescope photographed spectacular columns of gas, illuminated by nearby stars, in a section of the Eagle Nebula.¹ The enormous columns of gas in this famous photo have been nicknamed "pillars of creation" since secular scientists insist that new stars are being "born" within them.

During a high profile news conference in March 2014, the BICEP2 radio astronomy team announced purported direct evidence for inflation— an important part of the modern Big Bang model.¹