Even Einstein agreed that GR called for expanding space. The only way he could make GR produce a static universe was by adding a cosmological constant for which he had no evidence. If you want to point to fairy dust, the cosmological constant is it. Take out the fairy dust and you have an expanding universe. It is no wonder that you have to rely on models that use Euclidean models instead of GR.
And yet E was never satisfied with GR because he felt it did not explain the universe adequately. One does not need Fairie Dust to explain the solar system with GR, just the other 99% of the universe where GR fails miserably. It is a very limited theory that describes a very limited portion of matter, that in close confines. But sadly space is not in close confines, which is why it fails to describe galactic rotation curves, and 99% of the universe, plasma.
And it is funny how those same scientists seem to NEED the cosmological constant for their models.
On the trail of dark energy: Physicists propose Higgs boson 'portal'
"Resolving this problem, often called the cosmological constant problem, has so far eluded theorists."
If it is not needed then why is there a problem with it?????
And you should know that without one GR does not point to an expanding universe, but a contracting one;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant
"
Einstein included the cosmological constant as a term in his
field equations for
general relativity because he was dissatisfied that otherwise his equations did not allow, apparently, for a
static universe: gravity would cause a universe which was initially at dynamic equilibrium to
contract."
You guys stuck it back in, just changed its value to cause expansion:
"Observations announced in 1998 of distance–redshift relation for
Type Ia supernovae[6][7] indicated that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. When combined with measurements of the
cosmic microwave background radiation these implied a value of
,
[8] a result which has been supported and refined by more recent measurements. There are other possible causes of an
accelerating universe, such as
quintessence, but the cosmological constant is in most respects the
simplest solution. Thus, the current standard model of cosmology, the
Lambda-CDM model, includes the cosmological constant, which is measured to be on the order of 10−52 m−2, in metric units. Multiplied by other constants that appear in the equations, it is often expressed as 10−35 s−2, 10−47 GeV4, 10−29 g/cm3.
[9] In terms of
Planck units, and as a natural dimensionless value, the cosmological constant, λ, is on the order of 10−122"
It is your erroneous religious beliefs on redshift, dark matter and black holes that cause all your problems, and the very basic fact that you ignore what 99% of the universe really is.
I'll say it one more time. GR explains the interaction of EM phenomenon with condensed matter, not free charged particles. This is why it works in the solar system and fails every single other place!!!