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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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17 43.59%
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 8:51 am)LostLocke Wrote:
(April 3, 2014 at 8:33 am)Alex K Wrote: It's only the first part of a series, in principle -but the point is this: in particular theists often raise the question:
If there is no God, how can something come from nothing, so atheism is wrong.
Well for me, one problem I have here is that, from what I know, it's the theists who are making the claim that we, atheists, are saying the universe came from nothing.
As far as I can tell, many atheists are saying the universe came from a singularity, a something, which in turn didn't come 'from' anything since ideas like from, before, or after don't work at that stage.

Yeah, correct. But the thing with the singularity is also wrong... But they really usually say, ok then before that was a singularity, but why does that exists rather than not exist.
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 8:54 am

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