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Originally Posted by allus70

"There is strong evidence that there was indeed a Big Bang which would then seem to preclude an "always universe"."

Perhaps.
Perhaps the expansion and contraction of the universe is a never ending cyclical occurrence.
Perhaps there are an infinite number of "multiverses".
Perhaps there is so much that it will forever be unknown, lying forever beyond our comprehension and even our imagination.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
- Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio

Perhaps!!