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Being can come from non-being
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RE: Being can come from non-being
(November 22, 2019 at 8:07 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:
(November 21, 2019 at 9:14 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Maybe you're right. But I can't make sense of how something that wasn't just suddenly is and with no prior material or whatever.

One thing we must all accept is that reality is not constrained by our ability to understand it. I am already aware of properties of the universe which far exceed my ability to understand.

The universe doesn't care. It goes on existing, completely indifferent to my inability (or your's) to understand it.

Sure, the universe could be more of a mindfuck than it already is. But are we epistemologically justified, as far as we know, to accept the idea that being can come from absolute no-being given how counter intuitive it is and seemingly illogical and given we haven't observed such a thing?

What do we even mean by "non-being"? And "coming from" ... it?
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Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - November 21, 2019 at 7:04 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - November 21, 2019 at 7:33 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 21, 2019 at 9:14 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by EgoDeath - November 21, 2019 at 9:25 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by AFTT47 - November 22, 2019 at 8:07 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 22, 2019 at 9:45 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Fireball - November 22, 2019 at 10:38 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 22, 2019 at 11:10 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Little lunch - November 21, 2019 at 9:34 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Fireball - November 21, 2019 at 10:39 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 21, 2019 at 11:06 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - November 22, 2019 at 9:57 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 22, 2019 at 2:08 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by EgoDeath - November 22, 2019 at 10:08 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2019 at 10:24 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 4:29 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2019 at 12:35 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by LastPoet - November 22, 2019 at 3:13 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2019 at 4:53 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 6:07 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2019 at 7:29 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by John 6IX Breezy - November 23, 2019 at 11:32 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2019 at 11:45 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by John 6IX Breezy - November 23, 2019 at 12:35 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - November 23, 2019 at 3:44 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Otangelo - November 28, 2019 at 8:20 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - November 28, 2019 at 8:38 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 28, 2019 at 8:57 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Otangelo - November 30, 2019 at 7:34 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Grandizer - November 30, 2019 at 10:03 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 30, 2019 at 8:10 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 1, 2019 at 9:09 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2019 at 11:52 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 4, 2019 at 5:56 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - December 4, 2019 at 6:40 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 4, 2019 at 7:01 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 6, 2019 at 6:21 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Drich - December 3, 2019 at 5:04 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - December 4, 2019 at 5:21 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Drich - December 5, 2019 at 2:23 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by LastPoet - December 5, 2019 at 3:53 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Alex K - December 5, 2019 at 6:39 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - December 4, 2019 at 10:07 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 4, 2019 at 10:09 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - December 4, 2019 at 10:17 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by EgoDeath - December 4, 2019 at 5:14 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - December 6, 2019 at 10:00 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by WinterHold - December 7, 2019 at 10:16 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - December 9, 2019 at 9:56 am
RE: Being can come from non-being - by The Architect Of Fate - December 9, 2019 at 7:25 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Fireball - December 9, 2019 at 10:51 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Otangelo - December 13, 2019 at 6:06 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by The Architect Of Fate - December 13, 2019 at 6:08 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Mister Agenda - January 3, 2020 at 1:23 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2020 at 2:26 pm
RE: Being can come from non-being - by Jehanne - January 15, 2020 at 10:40 pm

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