(July 15, 2013 at 5:16 am)Consilius Wrote: There can't be universe "before", because the universe itself started time. It started time upon the instant it began to exist. There was nothing before the universe, because there IS no "before the universe".
Did you read your own post? There is no "before the universe" - is correct. There is no universe "before" - is incorrect. Universe did not "start" time because time, unlike a clocl, cannot be "started". Therefore, neither universe nor time "began" to exist.