I can't see how the universe equates to nothing overall. If it does, it's a special type of nothing. Nothing, as conceived by theists, and indeed most atheists, is a lawless absence of matter, time, space, energy, etc., all of which exist. That's not to say that the Cosmological argument succeeds, though. One interesting comment is that true nothing has no laws, and therefore something could arise from that nothing, because, if it couldn't, that would equate to a law. 'Something cannot come from nothing' is a law of the universe that wouldn't apply to lawless nothingness.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
