And we now know that the universe had a definite beginning due to the observations of the COBE sattelite and Hubble telescope. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
For example, after noting the obvious incompatibility between the Whiteheadian belief that the world is an endless process and the evangelical belief that this world has both a definite beginning and an end, Wheeler presents, with seeming approval, a position which claims to «mediate at this point between biblical eschatology and process - relational cosmology.» (religion-online.org)