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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 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm
(April 8, 2014 at 7:40 am)whateverist Wrote: But then how do you explain where god came from? Saying god always existed begs the question: why can't the universe and its prior conditions have always existed and cut out the middle man (god)? Positing a creator god just seems gratuitous and completely unhelpful in explaining anything.
To my knowledge there's no logical reason that the universe couldn't have eternally existed. The problem for the atheist is that observation tells us it hasn't eternally existed.
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RE: The following is not a question: Can something come from nothing? - by John V - April 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm

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