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

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The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?
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The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing?
April 7, 2014 at 11:00 am (This post was last modified: April 7, 2014 at 11:02 am by Rampant.A.I..)
(April 7, 2014 at 9:22 am)alpha male Wrote:
(April 6, 2014 at 10:46 am)LostLocke Wrote: So what your saying is that the universe, even if it was created by a god, must have come from something?
No, I'm not saying that, and IMO it's a non sequitur from what you quoted.

It's only a "non sequitur" from what you quoted because he doesn't like the conclusion.

He didn't get the chance to tack a special pleading clause on the end of <Something cannot come from nothing> in the form of <Unless God did it>
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