Yes, and the energy for inflation could have come from outside our universe.
I think there was room for them then, but the universe has come more to a point.
Just because a universe came into existence does not mean that God explains it.
In one sense, time is physically different than it was when the universe first came into being.
The universe made one more giant turn around them and came to rest.
What, if anything, existed before our universe came into being?
What happens to free will, to morality, if any and every universe possible actually comes to pass?
The universe came up and hit me in the face.
The universe all but came to an end a few days ago.
Nobody but me would know the difference, for my new universe came complete with history?