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(Actually, I would prefer it if there was no "beginning", that time extends infinitely into the past, but I guess I have to accept that findings of science which suggest that there was a "beginning" to time.)
I like the idea that basically we have a 4d structure we call the universe. The big bang is not he beginning of the universe, just an boundless endpoint in which all directions point toward the future.
The big bang cannot be considered the beginning of time just as the north pole cannot be considered the beginning of lines of longitude.
It doesn't really make sense to use a temporal verb when referring to the time. Things "begin" in time, but time cannot "begin" unless you are referencing some hypertime.
[edit]this isn't really counter to what you said, just an extension.
Edited by JustinC, : No reason given.
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