Alexander Vilenkin

Many Worlds In One

New York: Hill and Wang, 2006.
"It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. With the proof now in place, cosmologists can no longer hide behind the possibility of a past eternal universe. There is no escape, they have to face the problem of a cosmic beginning." p176

Cited by Frank Turek in "Stealing from God", pg 51 [See further comments by Turek in notes on Ref 16, Ch 2 for interaction with William Lane Craig.]

Why Physicists Can't Avoid a Creation Event

Lisa Grossman, New Scientist, Jan 11, 2012.

"It can't possibly be eternal in the past. There must be some kind of boundary."

Cited by Frank Turek in "Stealing from God", pg 51

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