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Originally Posted by (i_am_a_n00bie,) It doesn't sound like it, no. That is, until you remember that the laws of thermodynamics apply to the universe that we live in, and not to those without. If you follow our combined arguments to their logical conclusion, you will get a couple of points:
Fact: The universe came from somewhere.
Fact: At a certain point in time (point zero, presumably) the universe began. Before this point, there was no physical universe.
Fact: Thermodynamics states that the universe cannot be created from within.
Inference: The universe, therefore, must have been created from without.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Your inference is correct if and only if the facts you state are true. The first two "facts" are in fact nothing of the sort. They are assumptions or hopes or wishes. We don't know if there was a point where no universe existed. Given that and the laws of thermodynamics the only safe assumption is that the universe HAS existed forever.
That is of course until the idea of an
ekpyrotic universe came along which fits quite neatly into the mathematical model.
Also see:
Before the Big Bang (Discover Magazine)
This also begs the question, "What created God?"