[Old Professer]

Not at all. Think of dots on the surface of an expanding balloon. They appear to be rushing away from each other as the balloon expands. The further the dots are apart, the faster they separate. At the beginning, they were all at the same point. The universe can be looked at in the same way. An expansion of space-time fron a single point. Everywhere was at that point in the beginning.

That's not fair, you started with a three-dimensional object (not a point) in this balloon analogy and you used an outside source of energy to inflate your imaginary balloon.

Neither is applicable to the single-point theory.

Anyway, if your imaginary balloon keeps expanding, it bursts, and all the tiny pieces fall to the floor.

If it was that easily comprehended it wouldn't be the subject of such great inquiry.

[VadeRetro]

Are you sure you're not really a lawyer?

[RadioAstronomer]

If it was that easily comprehended it wouldn't be the subject of such great inquiry.

I was trying to give you a three dimensional visualization of a multidimensional expanding space-time. Why objects appear to be moving faster as the distance from us increases.