Dear Mark Earnest:

"Mark Earnest" wrote in message
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"Chris L Peterson" wrote in message
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On 10 Sep 2006 09:35:09 -0700, "Radium"
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Hi:

What happened before the big bang?

Sadly, its a question that can't be answered, yet
its so interesting.

Something like this question may be answerable.
Time is a property of our universe,

It is not! Time marches on independently of the
universe!

Can you prove this? Time seems very much to be a property of
this Universe.

and it began when the universe began, so the
concept of "before" isn't easily defined.

Totally warped thinking, to think time did not
exist until the Big Bang. There was a bang, wasn't there?

No. "Big Bang" is a misnomer that has carried on for years.

What set off the bang!
Something in time.

Something OF time, yes.

David A. Smith