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The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?

Poll: Do you think the question "can something come from nothing" is a problem for atheism?
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The question is meaningless
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The question is meaningful, and No
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The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?
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RE: The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?
April 12, 2014 at 1:04 am
(April 11, 2014 at 7:40 pm)tor Wrote: Consciousness is not matter it's the interaction between the matter.
This website is not matter it's the magnetic field on a hard drive.
To have a hard drive you need matter but the magnetic field itself is not matter.
Yes, but all matter interacts with all other matter. Anyway, what is it about the interaction between matter that "causes" consciousness? What's the difference between one group of electrochemical interactions and another?
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RE: The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing? - by bennyboy - April 12, 2014 at 1:04 am

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