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               problem           in         the       (1965),  having  solved  the
               phenomenon  of  quantum                equations       of      general

               fluctuation.                           relativity,  Friedmann  was
                                                      impressed  by  the  odd
               Quantum Fluctuation and                singularity conditions at the
               Creatio Ex Nihilo                      time  t=0,  naming  it  “the
               Singularity      shows       the       state of the world’s creation
               temporal  finitude  of  the            out of nothing”.

               world,  and  the  temporal                The  creatio  ex  nihilo,
               finitude  of  the  universe            however,  seems  to  be  a
               implies  that  “we  would              problematic       notion     for

               truly  have  a  creation  ex           cosmologists.  As  Andrei
               nihilo”. (Barrow and Tipler,           Linde  (1984:  976)  says,
               1996: 442) This is because             “The  most  difficult  aspect

               as  one  goes  back  in  time,         of  this  problem  is  not  the
               one  reaches  a  point  at             existence of the singularity
               which  the  universe  was              itself,  but  the  question  of

               “shrunk down to nothing at             what     was      before     the
               all”. (Hoyle, 1975: 658)               singularity...  This  problem
                  It seems, therefore, what           lies  somewhere  at  the

               the    Big     Bang      model         boundary  between  physics
               requires is that the universe          and metaphysics”.
               had  a  beginning  and  was               Gribbin  (1976:  15)  asks

               created out of nothing.                the  same  question:  The
                  Years       before        the       biggest  problem  with  the
               publication         of       the       Big  Bang  theory  of  the
               Hawking-Penrose          article
                                                      origin  of  the  universe  is
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