The Big Bang and the visible past.

Hello Yrreg, and welcome to EvC! Yes. No. They can't got further, that's what "singularity" means. Even if you're not an atheist, you can't go further.

We don't even know if there is such a thing as "outside the box". Yes. We could speculate about if there is an outside, and if there is, what that is like, but without a way of showing any of that to be actually the case, it's pretty useless to do so. Again, we don't even know if there is such a thing as "outside the box". It's all pure speculation, and should be treated as such, not as some grand insight into anything at all. It's not constructive to just speculate, investigate, on the other hand... I've often found people that claim to have an open mind to believe in all sorts of woowoo, while people with actual open minds, didn't.

As should the purple pooping hippo with three horns on its head model. If you'll help me with that one, I'll help you with yours. Ok?

you missed the point, didn't you? Your woowoo "model" is just as good as any woowoo "model", I just proposed another one, that is just as scientific as yours.Go on, prove me wrong, show the math, and I'll show you mine.

Ok, so when it says that Adam, for example, lived to be 900 years (or something of that nature), it doesn't mean the actual 900 years, that we mean when we speak of 900 years, it could be 80 years, since the dictionary definition of year does not aply. Good to know.Wait... This means I can make the bible say literally anything I want! Neat!