MT,
You're behind the times my man! String theory is OUT! Inflationary theory is IN! The Reciprocating Universe theory, which had been out, has been given new life by the Brane theory and is once again IN!
As a result, there is once again a creditable line of respected scientific thought that states that "eternity" is a distinct possibility.
This opens the possibility that some form of life "evolved" beyond death and weariness in the unimaginable past and has the ability to manipulate the forces of creation.
All of man's existence on this puny orb is but one drop of water in an unending ocean of time. Who are WE to say it isn't possible?
Regards, Shuckins
P.S. Imagine a single proton. Then, imagine a point in space one-billionth the size of that proton. That is the point, according to scientific theory, that all matter in the universe sprang from. A very small point...small enough to be "manipulated."