I think what you miss here is that "universal" time started at the beginning of the universe, not necessarily time itself.Originally posted by JPaul@5 October 2003 - 02:26
Billy
I hear what you say, however I disagree with it.
The article in it's simples form states that it can be shown that the universe we live in had a beginning and it will have an end. Further that time as we know it within the universe started at the creation of the universe.
As we have agreed, there can be no effect without a cause. Since the universe exists there must be a cause, but as time started with the universe, then the cause must be outwith time.
I believe that the cause was God, you do not, fair enough. What do you believe the cause was. I do not think that turtles all the way down would be a reasonable argument.
[IF the universe had a beginning, the big bang would be the theory of choice for most scientists. However, as has been pointed out here by others, there are other, newer theories, superstrings being one of them, which would do away with the necessity for a "big bang".
You still haven't answered my previous question to you, so I'll ask again: Do you believe god created the universe in 6 days, or do you believe he started the big bang, and allowed the universe to evolve according to the laws of physics?
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