Quote:I think the most logical answer thus far has been that the natural world is past-eternal. The most logical answer an atheist can give.
But you worded your hypothetical in such a way as to preclude that answer. You proposed that the hypothetical world did not always exist, and they asked for conclusions to be drawn from that.
When answering a hypothetical, it isn't customary for the respondents to add provisos of their own.
So...have you stopped beating your wife?
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
