beginning of universe

[David Maes]

I don't really know whether I have to believe in the Big Bang or not. I use it as an explanation myself because I don't have a better explanation; I think you also have to be careful if you want to believe "a better version"; cause right now I think there isn't a better version. So is the big bang right or not? I think it could be and it could be not.

[gautam]

I think now is the the time to move past Big Bang. The universe is expanding and contracting at the same. Ascribing a one- directional growing theory to it, sounds flawed. "The universe doesn't exist if you view it from outside ( hypothetically) and it's a weightless universe." Can you than apply a big-bang hypothesis to it?

[mkirkpatrick]

I think now is the the time to move past Big Bang. The universe is expanding and contracting at the same. Ascribing a one- directional growing theory to it, sounds flawed. "The universe doesn't exist if you view it from outside ( hypothetically) and it's a weightless universe." Can you than apply a big-bang hypothesis to it?

Thanks gautam for your post here,I agree the universe does not exist if viewed from the "outside".I think this universe is on a cyclic opening and closing sequence,which is eternal by nature.

regards michael.

[PoPpAScience]

The beginning of the Universe depends on if we are talking about the Real of it, or the Reality of it. The Real of it has always been, while the Reality of it, is the actions we witness and don't witness. These actions(Reality) had a beginning, but need no end!

I personal see the Universe as the Reality we witness, while the Real is only available to our contemplative mind.

There is no outside to witness the Universe from!

The mapping of the macro structures of the Universe has, IMHO shown that the Big Bang concept is nothing more then a faith based belief for the Materialist.

Expansion, compression, whirling, twirling, are all the actions of an endless creative force I call an "Act of Freedom". That "Act of Freedom" is what we could call the beginning of our Universe(Reality). Real by an act of freedom became Reality. Or, IS to BEING, for a more simple answer.

There is no need for an end to the Universe when you are dealing with Real(Potential of Infinity for Eternity).