i think, in the long run, we're going to realize that the big bang theory is a way to "scientize" religion, rather than truly objective or truly correct science.

as i said a few years ago, it's not a question of if an explosion happened. we can be absolutely certain that the explosion happened....

...but, it requires a leap of faith to conclude that this explosion was special, or even that it resulted in the creation of anything.

as mentioned, i tend towards this idea in m-theory that new universes are created all of the time. but, it could have very well just been something exploding.