(April 11, 2015 at 5:39 am)robvalue Wrote: Pizza: ahah! God is capable of stabilising himself. So that means some things are capable of stablizing themselves. How do we know the universe is not one of those things? Pzzam! Piaouuu! Bang! Obviously the rebuttal is not aimed to youNor my little toy gun noises.
Because the universe is contingent and not necessary. Nevermind the fact that a "universe" of some sort would have to exist no matter what, since pure nothing(lack of ability, not to be confused with the physics definition of nothing which is something) is not a thing and can't exist.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal