(December 6, 2022 at 10:00 am)Objectivist Wrote: If existence is primary, then it is eternal. Existence is primary. The question "where did it all come from" is a nonsensical question that trades in stolen concepts. The universe is existence seen as a whole and represents all beings, their attributes, their actions, their relationships, etc., so saying that the universe came into being is like saying the universe came into itself.
Just out of curiosity, do you think that existence preceded the Big Bang? How does that work? I know there are various theories...
Do you hold that the universe is somehow eternal, with no beginning? If existence preceded the Big Bang, and existence is something, then there was something before.
I know you don't believe in any supernatural stuff, so we don't have to go through that. But I'm curious if you see a point at which all the stuff started (Big Bang-like).
I've watched a few Roger Penrose videos on YouTube but they are way over my head.
