[ALS]

"And there is nothing to prove that our universe is not simply the inside of a black hole that collapsed some 18 billion yrs ago. From where we are, we can't see beyond the horizon. Doesn't mean there isn't anything beyond the horizon."

So make up a new theory...

[djf]

I don't have the time, the inclination, or the wits. But I strongly suspect that if one is developed, it will very much follow the tone of the thread, as posted by Alamo-girl. It will satisfy the mathematicians and physicists. It will satisfy the religious aspect and the mystics. It will have bits and pieces of all doctrines, and will show why when a mystic says one thing, and a topologist says another, they are in fact saying he same thing, with a different language. I remember endless hours in college arguing about whether space was Euclidean or not. Turns out it doesn't really matter, it is and it ain't, at the same time. (see "Is space curved?" I. W. Roxburgh, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Queen Mary College, 1977)