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The Kalam cosmological argument

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03-16-2012 12:08 AM 		Reply to: Message 127 by kbertsche
03-15-2012 11:10 PM

Re: Always existing.
kbertsche quoting Gott et al writes:
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It is not meaningful to ask what happened before the big bang; it is somewhat like asking what is north of the North Pole.
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Please pardon the brief aside...
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I find the question of "what is north of the North Pole" in this context an interesting one, and certainly not meaningless.
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What we lack are meaningful answers.
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Don't blame the question.
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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