I never stated that " only proponents of the electric universe are capable of stating facts?" But if you turn that around one could say that only the
big bang proponents are allow to state facts.
First of all I thought I was having a conversation with you not Micheal Shermer.
With respect, I have to wonder do you ever think for yourself? That's cool if you can't come up with anything yourself, I'll deal with what you got. But before I do let me state that no one lease of all me is questioning Newton. Having said that, did you know that there at least 4 types of black holes and 3 types of big bangs. Having 4 types of black holes and 3 types of big bangs to me is like hedging cosmological bets.
Since scientists first proposed the big bang theory, many people have questioned and criticized the model. There are some major question and many small ones. I'll just state the major ones, some of the biggest. 1. It violates the first law of thermodynamics, which says you can't create or destroy matter or energy. As you know the big bang theory suggests the universe began out of nothing. 2. The formation of stars and galaxies violates the law of entropy, which suggests systems of change become less organized over time. But if you view the early universe as completely homogeneous and isotropic, then the current univiserse shows signs of obeying the law of entropy. 3. Scientists have misinterpreted evidence like the redshift of celestial bodies (this is a fact demostrated by Halton Arp's work) and the cosmic microwave background radiation . Also some cite the absence of exotic cosmic bodies that should have been according to the theory (which is why they spend many millions looking for them with the LHC.) also the early inflationary period of the big bang appears to violate the rule that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. So Einstein theorys are far from perfect but that is not saying that it is totlly unuseable. Last thing peer review means just that, being review by your peers. As this is a new field you can't ask someone without an understanding of the work to review it. That would be like asking a steam boat manufacturer to evaluate the blueprints of a nuclear submarine. As far as "practical applications" we live and work under the light of a scientist who disagreed with the big bang theory his name is Nikola Tesla.

Please don't take this personal it is just an observaion.