Instead of intentionally misrepresenting me, you need to do a bit more research.
Inflation was a period lasting from 10^-36 to 10^-32 seconds after the Big Bang. It is considered to be a special period in the overall expansion of the universe that began with the Big Bang. From NASA:
The Inflation Theory proposes a period of extremely rapid (exponential) expansion of the universe during its first few moments. It was developed around 1980 to explain several puzzles with the standard Big Bang theory, in which the universe expands relatively gradually throughout its history.
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Inflation was both rapid, and strong. It increased the linear size of the universe by more than 60 "e-folds", or a factor of ~10^26 in only a small fraction of a second! Inflation is now considered an extension of the Big Bang theory since it explains the above puzzles so well, while retaining the basic paradigm of a homogeneous expanding universe. Moreover, Inflation Theory links important ideas in modern physics, such as symmetry breaking and phase transitions, to cosmology.
From Wikipedia, which does a pretty good of explaning inflationary theory:
While the detailed particle physics mechanism responsible for inflation is not known, the basic picture makes a number of predictions that have been confirmed by observation. Inflation is thus now considered part of the standard hot big bang cosmology.In the simplest of layman's terms that I can possibly give you: Inflation was just a special split-second period in the overall expansion of the universe. You are claiming that inflation and expansion are two completely separate events. They are not.
There were other phases in the expanding universe as well. If you wish to read more technically advanced articles or advanced explanations, I will be more than happy to provide them. This isn't a hard science forum and I'm trying to keep things simple for those who do not have science backgrounds.
Finally, there are quite a few here who believe that the earth is at the exact center of the universe. They claim it is a biblical belief but no one seems able to provide chapter and verse. The universe is homogenous and isotropic. In other words, no matter where you are in the universe, it looks pretty much the same on a large scale.
For all those interested in the kind of “Christian” and “Scientist” DallasMike is, please read the following.
DallasMike the slanderer:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2175104/posts?q=1&;page=51#85
Here is where I correct DallasMike’s slander:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2175104/posts?q=1&;page=51#97
Here is where DallasMike confuses inflation with expansion, declaring that inflation has been observed since 1929! As evidence, DallasMike posts a link that actually states just the opposite, and then uses it to call the creationist author of the original article a “liar.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175104/posts?q=1&;page=201#229
Here is where I point out that his own link says just the opposite, namely that inflation is not observed, and was postulated to fix problems with the Big Bang:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175104/posts?q=1&;page=201#237
But DallasMike keeps posting the same balderdash confusing inflation with expansion. I finally ask Mr. “Scientist” if he knows the difference between inflation and expansion here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175104/posts?page=245#245
...and here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175104/posts?page=245#246
And then DallasMike, the great Christian and “scientist” has the audacity to pretend like he knew the difference all along:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175104/posts?q=1&;page=251#257
And then after fraudulantly trying to claim that he knew the difference all along, he repeats the same claim (which he now knows is a lie) all over again further down the thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2175104/posts?page=290#290
As you can see, I called DallasMike on his slander and dishonesty and it didn’t make the slightest bit of difference. No apology, no repentence, just more lies and (baseless) condescension. Therefore, I want nothing to do with DallasMike.