If the high redshift results from their being ejected from galaxies, it is
recessional velocity but unrelated to the Big Bang. I do remember seeing
an article that proposed that redshift was quantized and not related to
velocity, but do not think Arp was involved. The data looked like a much
better match for uneven distribution of matter than for distinctly
quantized values to my relatively ignorant eye.
Someone in physics should be able to give details, but I should think that
the Doppler effect in light has plenty of laboratory support. Redshift
does reflect recessional velocity when we experiment with it here. There
are lots of stars, galaxies, and the like, so line of sight coincidences
are relatively common. I do not see a need to invoke something different.
The results of my research have raised some dissent, but I have not found
any evidence for special creation in mollusks and so do not run into they
types of issues that might create a greater stir. Certainly, there is
hostility towards the upsetting of prevailing ideas. Among nonbelievers,
there is hostility towards Christianity. However, there is also hostility
towards bad data, unjustified interpretation of data, incompetence, and
arrogance. As Peter says, "For what credit is there if, when you sin and
are harshly treated, you endure it with patience?" (I P 2:20a) Enough data
can force a change in prevailing theories (e.g., the acceptance of plate
tectonics, evolution, or relativity); demonstrating the need for change
from the data will be more productive than berating science.
David C.