Schroeder is the self-appointed spokesman for the "scientific community' despite not being qualified in science himself.  And he feels free to dismiss statements by recognized leaders in cosmology such as George Ellis, first because he is a "theist" (Schroeder only wants theistic opinions if they compromise evolution with the Bible or claim that the Bible teaches absolute geocentrism).  Then Schroeder decrees that Ellis, Hubble and Hoyle are extremists, and insists instead that an unnamed "scientific community" on whose behalf he speaks says otherwise. 07:38, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)