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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (25920)	5/26/1999 12:27:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Nothing can come from nothing. Therefore, either the universe is of infinite duration, or something originated it. The Big Bang Theory points to a discrete moment when the universe began existence. Therefore, something had to exist prior.But that which has eternal existence outside of time and space we call "God"...Since the universe has a discrete beginning, it could not have been an eternal emanation of God, but is more analogous to an act of creation. Since God is outside of time and space, He must have created the matrix of temporal- spatial rules that govern the development of the origin.Therefore, God is intelligent and acts intentionally. But since it is difficult to see what a Being who by nature exists outside of time and space could lack, the most reasonable attribution of motivation is self- expressive: therefore, to manifest his glory...