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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
30.77%
12 30.77%
The question is meaningful, and Yes
25.64%
10 25.64%
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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 3, 2014 at 1:41 pm)max-greece Wrote: What happens when you switch on a light?

Where do the photons come from?

Did they exist before you switched on the light?

Photons are created when an electron changes its energy state but when you switch off the light and the electron falls back the photon isn't sucked back in.

In effect - the photon is created out of nothing.

I thank you.

There are different forms of energy, what you describe is merely the conversion from one type to another. In the presence of spacetime.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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RE: The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing? - by Alex K - April 3, 2014 at 2:04 pm

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