Read this. http://www.hawking.org.uk/text/public/bot.html.
However, many people were unhappy with the idea that the universe had a beginning, because it seemed to imply the existence of a supernatural being who created the universeThe idea is that if time (you could also add in space and matter etc., but time is the only important one) had a beginning, then there exists at least one supernatural being who did not have a beginning, who either created time (and space etc.) or created another supernatural being(s) (of course it can keep going i.e. #1 creates #2 creates #3 creates #4 creates #5 which created time (and space etc.)). This of course does not imply that any one religion is correct, it only implies that we were created by a supernatural being or supernatural beings. (yes I know this doesn't contradict evolution, but it does contradict the "we were not created" argument) There is actually extra evidence on the site for a beginning even if General Relativity is false.The focussing of our past light cone implied that time must have a beginning, if the General Theory of relativity is correct.
