Quote Originally Posted by hazetwostep
i hear you mastachronic... i think you are on to it... thinking of an infinite universe is like thinking about god, simply impossible for a human, finite mind to grasp...
People used to say the same thing about a variety of philosophical or scientific conundrums that are now very simple to grasp (for most of us). If we continue to put the word finite mind next to human...we're making ourselves finite. I don't think god/lack of god or the infinite universe are necessarily outside the realm of human comprehension or understanding...forever, anyways.

As for the original question...I too would suggest Hawking...you say "theory" as if it's something that scientists just came up with off the top of their heads after a night of heavy drinking. Substantial evidence is required for any theory. Theories of physics are the best answer humans have at this point in time. Our understanding of how our universe was created expands every day.

And the Big Bang's intention isn't to solve the problem of what happened before the singularity, it's basically just saying that, like most things we perceive, something complex comes from something simple, not the reverse. Not sure how familiar you are with string theory/M theory...but those helped me out a lot.

And yeah, our entire universe could be on the "blade of grass" of some other universe. We have no idea where we fall into the entire cosmic scope because it hasn't been/can't be entirely explored yet...but we already are getting the sense that we're pretty damn small. Then again, big and small is really only in the reference point.