**What is astounding to me is how the science of astronomy has demonstrated, beyond all reasonable doubt that the universe had a beginning, it is expanding at a rate that allowed for the formation of stars and galaxies, and it expanded at a rate that allows for life to exist on earth (which is a whole other subject - the absolute fine tuning of the universe and our solar system that allows for life on earth to exist).**
Sproul used to carry on a spirited dialogue with Carl Sagan on creation. Sproul kept pushing the question “What happened one millisecond before the Big Bang that caused all of creation to occur?” Sagan never answered the question.
re: “Sproul used to carry on a spirited dialogue with Carl Sagan on creation. Sproul kept pushing the question “What happened one millisecond before the Big Bang that caused all of creation to occur?” Sagan never answered the question.”
I think Sagan is one who believed the universe was eternal, that it never had a beginning. Some atheists do NOT want to contemplate that the universe had a beginning. If there is a big bang, then there must be a Big Banger! Nothing cannot create something from nothing.
I recommend two excellent books, “Stealing from God” by Frank Turek, and “I Don’t have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek.