Wilfred Reilly is a college professor and author who writes interesting posts on X (formerly known as twitter). I think its fair to say he holds beliefs that are typical for the educated.
In this post, he states that the Big Bang theory and the Theory of Evolution are satisfactory answers to the big questions of life (Why is there something rather than nothing? How did we get here?).
But the Big Bang theory is not a valid starting point. The theory can only explain things AFTER 1) an unimaginable amount of energy exists in the singularity, and 2) someone or something causes the expansion of that energy. As Charles Murray
puts it, (https://x.com/charlesmurray/status/1980267185701638423 )
As far as I can tell, every physics-based cosmological explanation of the universe boils down to “Grant me an initial miracle, and I’ll explain everything after that.”
It’s also wrong to assume that the Big Bang theory has much explanatory power. It uses imaginary objects!
He’s also wrong about what the theory of evolution can explain. No informed person thinks life came from non-life.
This is a world view issue. He has evaluated and dismissed the possibility of creation without really looking at the evidence.