Is the universe infinite and eternal?

[Norseman]

Hi, I have great respect and reverence for Father Zeus and the forum community here at ToZ. I'm not trying to cause controversy or disunity.

I have a question that's been niggling away at me for some time now, before I came to the Gods.
I remember when in high school my science teacher said the universe is finite and one day all the hydrogen atoms will be fused and converted to other elements through nuclear fusion. This is a very long way in the future, perhaps 100's of billions of years, but it will result in the universe becoming cold and dark with no radiant energy anymore.
My questions are what will become of all immortal beings like the Gods when this happens? Will They move into another higher plane of existence? If not, then what is the purpose of immortality and the Godhood?

Only sensible answers, no wild theories or ranting on.
Thankyou

 

[FancyMancy]

Let me ask you this question - if the Universe began, where was the location in which it began? Where did "the big bang" happen? If the Universe ends, then that location in which it began would exist, would be there. The fact that... stuff exists means there was potential for it to exist. Potential, potentiality, is in one sense the most-fundamental, most-basic from which all happens. If nothing existed, then something would still exist - the state of nothingness; therefore, the absolute absense of stuff, everything, is impossible; potential was there "before" stuff existed.

If nothing existed, the state of not-anything still existed; the absolute absense of any and all things is impossible... so... stuff existed always, and all-wheres. I think there are also two universes - the Physical Universe and the Spiritual/Energetic Universe.

 

[Lucius Invictus [NG]]

The Universe is eternal and infinite—modern science only provides theories about the Universe.

 

[Norseman]

Thanks everyone for your replies