Disclaimer: The following I say under the influence of booze, vodka in particular, so I may not agree with my present train of thought tomorrow <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br /><br />I believe in an infinite universe and an infinite timeline because it seems impossible to be otherwise. Of course you can say space is curved and we live in a closed universe, but what is outside of this bubble? There will always be an outside to everything you can conceive as being finite. Our universe may be one of many, but in general I believe there are still an infinite number of possibilities. If we're a bubble in a forest, then this forest is one of many on a planet and there are many planets in our solar system, and solar systems in our galaxy, etc, etc, etc.<br /><br />Also I do believe some things in the bible did come from a higher intelligence, be it God or a superior race. It does state that first there was darkness, then light, then water, then land, then animals, then man...pretty uncanny for an ancient people that never heard of the big bang or that heard of darwin's theories. I believe the bible might have had a more accurate description of events before the stories were told from father to son, father to son, etc.<br /><br />I see a quote in the bible where it says that all things shall come to pass as a direct assertion that the universe is infinite because with the universe being infinite, there would be an endless number of planets identical to ours, with an infinity of planets with our species on them, with an infinite number of them containing you, me and everyone else on the planet and an infinte number of planets and us diverging at every second that a different outcome can occur (eg. I bend my finger, elsewhere I do not, and again elsewhere I do, but only halfway, and an infinite number of positions in between. Infinity is a very powerful word, and I don't think as human beings our brains are developed to the point where we can really picture infinity. W <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font color="#0000ff">______________</font></em></p><p><em><font color="#0000ff">Caution, I may not know what I'm talking about.</font></em></p> </div>