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From what I understand, time began at the Big bang, so the concept of "before time began" doesn't really make logical sense in the same way that one cannot go north of the North Pole.
It's mind-bending to think about for sure.
I get that, but then there's the energy that created it, who knows where it came from. even if we say the result of a previous crunch or 2 strings colliding, whatever, there was something before. its difficult to think abouy