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The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?

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
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The question is meaningful, and Yes
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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 5:16 pm
(April 3, 2014 at 5:12 pm)max-greece Wrote:
(April 3, 2014 at 5:04 pm)Chas Wrote: The photon is the loss of energy of the electron.

Which brings us back to my original point that a photon is not just energy.

A photon has zero rest mass, so it's a force carrier - it's just energy.
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RE: The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing? - by Chas - April 3, 2014 at 5:16 pm

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