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DF,i'm getting dizzy trying to read all of that post! My background is Electrical Engineering with a minor in Math. it has been a LONG time since i have looked at any of this stuff, and i almost didn't get the links posted to you because, as you have said, the work is fascinating! i would probably need a year to get back "up to snuff" on theory, because i have been away from it for too long. About all i do these days is LaPlace Transform equivalents and design based on the desired output (my work is mostly analog, which i utterly love!). The Vacuum energy stuff was fascinating, and covered some things that i did not know.

At any rate VLS is at least the classical definition of a theory in that it has both the potential to be proven, and the potential to be disproven. Obviously, from the tone of your post, you're already thinking of the implications of the theory if proven...the portal of the mind of God. It truly gives a new perspective to the citation below:

1)The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
2) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
3) There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4) Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun.

Psalm 19:1-4 KJV

Truth never becomes "truer", but the light does become brighter...Walter Martin.

regards,

CDL

CDL - Not a problem, I got a little dizzy writing it :) EE, very cool! I'm materials science / chemistry, myself, but with minor concentrations in creative writing and military history (always a good combination :) I vaguely remember LaPlace Transforms, but I was never much good at 'em... Vacuum energy, haven't looked at that in a while either :) And yeah, VSL cosmologies are interesting critters, for sure - It'll be neat to see if they're supportable... Now, with that said, even if they are that doesn't necessarily lead directly to God (do not pass Go, do not collect $200, etc., etc. :) There's no way to prove or disprove that He exists, after all, hence faith. But on the other hand, it'll add a really interesting twist to our current understanding of the universe, and I just find the pursuit of such knowledge to be very cool :) I'm always interested in good (i.e. reasonable, supportable) theories that challenge us to think in new and different ways. If we had it all figured out, it'd take all the fun out of science!

DFS