A similar example comes from the early development of <!g>GR. Initially <!g>Einstein actually changed the field equations to allow for a universe that did not change in time by adding to it the famous ‘cosmological constant’ Λ, but withdrew it after <!g>Hubble’s discovery of the expansion of the universe, calling it his "greatest blunder". Misner, Kip S. Thorne and John Archibald Wheeler, Gravitation, 409-11. I think it is another illuminating example of the way philosophical and theological concepts can influence the development of scientific theories. See <!g>Robert John Russell, "Did God Create Our Universe? Theological Reflections on <!g>Big Bang, Inflation and Quantum Cosmologies," in Cosmic Questions Conference Proceedings, ed. <!g>Jim Miller (American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be published, 1999).