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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 11/29/2004, you wrote:
> > In a study published today in the journal /Science/, a team of 
> > researchers says the universe is between 11.2 billion and 20 billion years old.
>
> I presume this means the universe as we now perceive it. Nothing comes 
> from nothing, so some form of universe always existed.

Not necessarily, in the big bang theory we start from nothing and end in 
nothing.  The universe is circular so as we expand we are also 
contracting.  Eventually we will contract to such a large mass that it will 
implode into nothing and give birth to the next big bang.

Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com