"Donal" wrote in message
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I've read your posts but I have no idea what you "view" is. Perhaps you
can
state it clearly.


OK! I'll state it again.

I can only see three possibilities for the creation of the Universe.

1) It has always existed - and therefore must be continually expanding and
contracting.
2) It came into being in a spontanaeous event.
3) God created it.


1) seems unlikely because current observations suggest that the rate of
expansion is accelerating. That means that the Universe is never going to
contract again. Therefore a cycle is ruled out.


2) is based on the idea that the Universe is composed of equal amounts of
matter, and anti-matter. The theory states that *nothing* was actually
created in the Big Bang, and therefore no explanation is really necessary.
Steve Hawkins described this in his famous book.


I was right. You've given two overly simplified possibilities, reduce to a few
words, and declared that you don't understand them so they are "ruled out."
You've ignored the infinite possibilities that will come in the future, instead,
you've implied that you don't believe you would ever accept them.




3) Is more likely than the other two.


Sorry Donal, this is the lamest "proof of the existance of God" I've every
heard. You're saying, "I'm stupid. Therefore, God must exist."


If you have an alternative theory, then I would like to hear it. Despite
my apparent arrogance, .. I *do* listen to evidence.


How about, "The modern science of cosmology is less then 100 years old. We've
learned a lot already but much of it doesn't make sense. Maybe in another 1000
years or so we'll have a better handle on it."