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Old 04-08-2008, 11:42 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Og View Post
You're assuming an infinite timeline into the past. If time began at the big bang (there is strong evidentiary support for this) then how is it that a god could have "preceded" that and how would an infinite paradox of creation of the creator follow?

If time began at the big bang then how do you talk about an event "before" that?
I have always wondered about the phrase the big bang. Is there anything stopping it being one of many? I not just referring to the possible contraction of our observable universe... but other universes, say teralight years away.
There are precedents for this ... our worlds/universes tend to be egocentric.
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