R&E will close on the 28th December - see this thread. https://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=22932.0#new
Conflict between inflationary cosmologists and ''big bouncers''http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/hawking-pens-angry-letter-about-how-the-universe-began
The solution is surely something that combines inflation and enthusiastic bouncing: