One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. On the other hand, if the universe is expanding, there may be physical reasons why there had to be a beginning. One could imagine that God created the universe at the instant of the big bang, or even afterwards in just such a way as to make it look as though there had been a big bang, but it would be meaningless to suppose that it was created before the big bang. An expanding universe does not preclude a creator, but it does place limits on when he might have carried out his job!

[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them.

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges?

Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.

The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe.