What does it say about the inflation theory?- which is difficult for me to understand; but it seems to imply that at the big bang the visible universe did not materialize from a single point but came into being as we now observe it. (more or less) Any ideas bout this?
Arp's works basically kill the expanding universe (inflation) theory and with it the big bang. Plasma cosmology postulates a universe which, like God, is eternal in both directions.
Plasma cosmology theory also postulates that the main thing which agglomerates plasma form material into solid things is the Z-pinch force associated with Birkeland currents and that is basically why you see things like strings of galaxies.