"Donal" wrote in message
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"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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I've considered the options regarding the birth of the Universe.

As far as I can see there are three options.

God created it!
It appeared spontaneously(sp?).
It is forever expanding and contracting.


Consider:
If you had asked the same question not too long ago science would have
provided
different possibilities. The odds are pretty good that our children will
be
considering possibilities that haven't been dreamed up yet. Cosmology is
a very
young science, and we have very limited perspective. This is not a
science that
one approaches by saying "There are only two possibilities."

You're absolutely correct, Jeff. There are only *three* possibilities!!


I was counting the two possibilities you claim are offered by the science of
Cosmology, not the "fallback" I presume you intend to offer because of some flaw
in the others. I find it rather impressive that you can not only summarize all
of the possibilities offered right now in a few words, but that you're confident
this includes all possibilities that will be offered for all time.