Saturday, July 18, 2026
When did the universe start? Physicists caution this wife’s tale, and the church perpetuates it. We’re not sure if the universe had a start. To speak of its start is presumptuous and arbitrary. The Bible says plainly, “In the beginning, God…” These first four mythological words have thrown us off the trail! Many still fall for it.
If the beginning is “so clear,” when did you start? At conception? Wait. An abortionist would say you hadn’t made a start, yet. Arguably, when life “begins,” you have already begun to die, simultaneously. In the nine months you were in vitro, death’s processes had already begun.
You are always in vitro – a process performed or taking place in a test tube, culture dish, or elsewhere outside a living organism. From Latin, literally in vitro means “in glass.”
Does conception start the beginning, or start the ending? Maybe the beginning is the ejaculation (The Big Bang). Or “the moment” was when your father got horny. Or the moment your folks started wanting a baby. Chase the so-called beginning and it will evade you. I know of no beginnings without endings or any living creature that isn’t dying, now.
I’m not sure if you had a start. Delineation is hard to pinpoint. For example, where does your head begin and your neck end? Causality, as a singular phenomenon independent of all phenomena, seems as arbitrary as “In the beginning, God.…”
Individuation is a special effect. The partial is the whole. Delineation is debatable, but Truth is not. It’s just too hard to tell. Boundaries are too difficult to officially “call it.” That’s because potentiality is “officially” unlimited, and you have always been and always will be in vitro.
In glass – out of this world!
Are we clear, yet; or are you still convinced you had a start to “begin with?”