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Re: Some quotes

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From: Ronnie B. Kon
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:44
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In article <1992Apr16.004905.7468@news.Hawaii.Edu>, vijay@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:

|> St. Augustin (in reply to "What was God doing before creation?) : He was busy
|> creating hell for people who ask such questions.

1.  I really don't believe that St. Augustine qualifies as a physicist.

2.  He never said this.  He believed that God created time along with the
universe--the question would be meaningless.  I'll go back and try to find
the reference if somebody else doesn't give it first.

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