(January 9, 2015 at 9:41 pm)bob96 Wrote: So the question then is, can a material thing in our universe come into existence from nothing without God putting it there?
Sure: if our universe is one of many, then material things could be ported over from one to another. If the universe is cyclical, then it would be bouncing from bang to crunch and back again. There's even some evidence that such things can spontaneously come into existence. Ultimately, neither of us has enough evidence or information to come to a solid conclusion or calculation of probability on this question.
The difference between a christian and an atheist is that the former uses that lack of evidence, that ignorance, as justification for positing a god, while the latter isn't willing to make such an unjustified leap.
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