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Existence must exist at all times.
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Existence must exist at all times.
Whatever existence is, I don't need to go into in order to argue that whatever it is it is indeed eternally existent.

Here is my argument:

Existence must always exist because that is the same as existence always being existent. Existence must always be existent for the same reason that atheists must always be atheistic, theists must always be theistic, agnostics must always be agnostic, elephants must always be elephant like, humans must always be human, squares must always be square, circles must always be circular, triangles must always be triangular, etc etc [fill in the blank]. This is the Law of Identity in logic. It is A=A and is never not A.

Because existence is existent at all times, that logically entails that existence, whatever it is, is eternal and never began and will never stop. This is different to the beginning of the universe or the big bang.

The question is never whether existence itself exists, whatever it is it is existent by definition for the reason explained above. The real question is twofold I reckon:

1. What exactly is existence?
2. Is question 1 a pointless question and existence by itself as the totality of all things a rather vacuous concept or is it worth thinking about?
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Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - May 21, 2016 at 5:54 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - May 21, 2016 at 7:56 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by brewer - May 21, 2016 at 9:22 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Foxaèr - May 21, 2016 at 9:24 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2016 at 10:31 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by quip - May 24, 2016 at 5:59 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2016 at 10:26 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Whateverist - November 7, 2016 at 10:33 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2016 at 10:40 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by ApeNotKillApe - November 7, 2016 at 11:30 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 7, 2016 at 11:31 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by brewer - November 8, 2016 at 12:59 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 9, 2016 at 4:30 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by vorlon13 - November 8, 2016 at 12:17 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by ignoramus - November 8, 2016 at 4:49 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by brewer - November 8, 2016 at 1:00 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by chimp3 - November 8, 2016 at 5:34 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by The Grand Nudger - November 8, 2016 at 1:30 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 9, 2016 at 4:54 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by theologian - November 9, 2016 at 4:26 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 22, 2016 at 11:41 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 23, 2016 at 6:57 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2016 at 6:14 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 25, 2016 at 6:16 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2016 at 6:18 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by vorlon13 - November 25, 2016 at 6:16 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 25, 2016 at 6:18 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 25, 2016 at 6:29 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - November 25, 2016 at 7:53 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 26, 2016 at 4:27 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - November 26, 2016 at 7:31 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 26, 2016 at 10:51 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 28, 2016 at 4:24 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - November 28, 2016 at 5:36 am
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Ignorant - November 28, 2016 at 1:07 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - November 28, 2016 at 6:45 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 28, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by Edwardo Piet - November 25, 2016 at 8:08 pm
RE: Existence must exist at all times. - by bennyboy - November 26, 2016 at 6:47 pm

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