If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.
“TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures.”
“I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.”