Abstract
In ancient times people tried to explain phenomena, which they did not understand, by the action of gods. In a similar way modern cosmology tries to explain observations by new physical principles, which can neither be proved nor falsified, like the big bang singularity or the existence of dark energy. But alternatives are possible within the well tested scope of general relativity, if we abandon the idea that a global time scale exists and that consequently space should be expanding. Maybe we are closer to the limit of completely understanding the physics of the universe than most people think.
Ernst Fischer