One theory is that the universe expands and contracts. The Big Bang theory is widely accepted in the scientific community, so adding to this is the expand and contract theory. At the moment, the universe is expanding (this has been scientificly proven). There will come a time when scientists believe the universe will contract, and all matter will be compressed back into that tiny pin point once again. Then the "big bang" will occur all over again, making a continuous universal cycle.
Many people have a false impression of what "time" is and assume that there always needs to be a "before" and an "after." With the expand and contract theory, not only matter expands and contracts. Time does too. It's hard to explain, but think of a black hole, not only is matter sucked into black holes, but time is too.
Imagine if all matter in the universe was compressed into a pinpoint with the same conditions as were in the previous cycle. Considering that time was also compressed back to its original form, that would make the next expansion identical to "previous" expansions. I encase "previous" in inverted commas as "previous" suggests "before." Since time also compresses and expandeds, it makes any notion of time "before" the big bang an impossible idea. There was nothing "before" the big bang because time didn't exist. I'm not an expert, but that's the current theory to the best of my knowledge.
Abe Babe, I know what you mean. Televangelists are annoying. There is this one woman I see on the Christian channel, she is encrusted with jewels, diamonds and gold. Whatever happened to being humble? Not to mention
Jerry Falwell, you would think he
is God the way he judges people.
On the other hand, I know some Christians who are wonderful people. My Catholic scripture teacher, Mrs Chudley, was one of the most compassionate, loving people I have ever known.