Can Reason Tell Us Whether the Universe Begun to Exist?

Can reason tell us whether the universe began to exist or not? Now, and that is a question that has been pondered. The first person i know who kind of built up the argument a lot was a guy named john philopinus in the sixth century. So there's people in ano like you could be a good catholic andw not accept this argument, but isoy tink it's a good argument.