When asked, "What did God do before he created the universe?" St. Augustine didn't reply, "he was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions." Instead, he said that time was a property of the Universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the Universe. (Stephen Hawking)

When asked, "What did God do before he created the universe?" St. Augustine didn't reply, "he was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions." Instead, he said that time was a property of the Universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the Universe.

Stephen Hawking

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