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Being cannot come from Non-being
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Being cannot come from Non-being
Being cannot come from Non-being

There is consensus in science that the universe most probably had a beginning. If the cosmos had no beginning, then there would have had to be an infinite series of past events. However, it is impossible to traverse an actual infinite. Therefore, the universe cannot be infinitely old. Besides that, If the cosmos was infinitely old, it would have reached maximum entropy a long, long, time ago. Since it has not reached maximum entropy, it cannot be infinitely old without violating the second law of thermodynamics. Although physicists such as Krauss and Hawking talk about "the universe creating itself from nothing," they are using the word "nothing" to mean the vacuum energy, which is not a true nothing. To be more precise, being cannot emerge from non-being.  If the entire cosmos came from something, that thing must transcend our cosmos, that is, it must exist beyond the limits of our space/time continuum. We may call it the First Cause. The creator must be a self-existing power. He is not created; He is eternal.   He is the One who brought time, space, and matter into existence.  Since the concept of causality deals with space, time, and matter, and since God is the one who brought space, time, and matter into existence, the concept of causality does not apply to God since it is something related to the reality of space, time, and matter. The cause of the universe must have been non-material because if the cause was material/natural, it would be subject to the same laws of decay as the universe. That means it would have to have had a beginning itself and you have the same problem as cycles of births and deaths of universes. So the cause of the universe’s beginning must have been supernatural, i.e. non-material or spirit—a cause outside of space-matter-time. Such a cause would not be subject to the law of decay and so would not have a beginning. That is, the cause had to be an eternal spirit.
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Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 12:01 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Fake Messiah - November 20, 2019 at 12:07 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 12:24 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 12:25 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Brian37 - November 21, 2019 at 9:27 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 12:10 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Deesse23 - November 20, 2019 at 12:16 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 20, 2019 at 12:19 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 12:25 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 12:27 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 1, 2020 at 5:01 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - January 1, 2020 at 5:35 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 1, 2020 at 5:48 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by brewer - January 1, 2020 at 6:43 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - January 1, 2020 at 8:13 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - January 1, 2020 at 5:59 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LadyForCamus - January 1, 2020 at 7:14 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Nay_Sayer - January 1, 2020 at 7:19 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LadyForCamus - January 1, 2020 at 7:23 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 1, 2020 at 10:29 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Succubus - January 1, 2020 at 7:20 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 12:32 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 12:40 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by no one - November 20, 2019 at 12:47 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 12:47 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 12:49 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 20, 2019 at 12:58 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 1:51 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 21, 2019 at 8:41 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Sal - November 20, 2019 at 1:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by EgoDeath - November 20, 2019 at 1:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - November 20, 2019 at 1:34 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 20, 2019 at 1:47 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 1:51 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Sal - November 20, 2019 at 1:56 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 2:00 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 2:07 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 2:11 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Fake Messiah - November 20, 2019 at 2:13 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 2:16 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Succubus - November 20, 2019 at 2:19 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 2:31 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 2:20 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 2:23 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 20, 2019 at 2:28 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 20, 2019 at 2:34 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 2:50 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Succubus - November 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Fake Messiah - November 20, 2019 at 3:01 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by downbeatplumb - November 20, 2019 at 3:04 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Fake Messiah - November 20, 2019 at 3:10 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 2:52 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 3:02 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by downbeatplumb - November 20, 2019 at 3:00 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 3:03 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 20, 2019 at 3:04 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by brewer - November 20, 2019 at 3:26 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - November 20, 2019 at 3:43 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - November 20, 2019 at 4:07 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by zebo-the-fat - November 20, 2019 at 4:54 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Abaddon_ire - November 20, 2019 at 5:20 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - November 20, 2019 at 5:52 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Abaddon_ire - November 20, 2019 at 6:33 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Valkyrie - November 20, 2019 at 6:54 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Chad32 - November 20, 2019 at 6:46 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by chimp3 - November 20, 2019 at 8:10 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 20, 2019 at 8:13 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by mordant - November 20, 2019 at 11:32 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Nay_Sayer - November 20, 2019 at 11:53 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - November 21, 2019 at 8:29 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2019 at 9:08 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Nay_Sayer - November 21, 2019 at 12:49 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by downbeatplumb - November 21, 2019 at 3:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - December 14, 2019 at 7:02 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Mr.wizard - December 14, 2019 at 11:13 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by downbeatplumb - November 21, 2019 at 3:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 8:34 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 9:03 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 9:19 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2019 at 9:58 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Mister Agenda - November 21, 2019 at 11:04 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 21, 2019 at 11:16 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 11:49 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 21, 2019 at 12:38 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 12:40 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 21, 2019 at 12:48 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 3:14 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 1:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - November 21, 2019 at 1:45 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by GUBU - November 21, 2019 at 5:54 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Abaddon_ire - November 23, 2019 at 12:18 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - November 23, 2019 at 12:35 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Alex K - November 23, 2019 at 1:31 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - November 23, 2019 at 1:39 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2019 at 6:39 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by SteelCurtain - November 22, 2019 at 7:58 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - December 14, 2019 at 6:12 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 14, 2019 at 6:24 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Mr.wizard - December 14, 2019 at 9:21 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - December 14, 2019 at 9:57 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - December 15, 2019 at 7:05 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Abaddon_ire - December 15, 2019 at 10:02 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Mr.wizard - December 15, 2019 at 1:39 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - December 15, 2019 at 8:24 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Otangelo - December 24, 2019 at 8:31 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - December 24, 2019 at 9:08 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Abaddon_ire - December 24, 2019 at 10:09 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Architect Of Fate - December 24, 2019 at 10:15 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - December 24, 2019 at 10:44 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Deesse23 - December 25, 2019 at 3:59 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Belacqua - December 25, 2019 at 4:42 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by GUBU - December 25, 2019 at 6:06 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by downbeatplumb - December 26, 2019 at 6:52 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 26, 2019 at 7:16 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 14, 2019 at 7:51 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Architect Of Fate - December 14, 2019 at 10:06 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - December 15, 2019 at 7:15 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - December 15, 2019 at 7:24 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 15, 2019 at 7:43 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 15, 2019 at 5:23 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by no one - December 24, 2019 at 10:06 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - December 25, 2019 at 6:40 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Deesse23 - December 25, 2019 at 2:14 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Succubus - December 26, 2019 at 11:48 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - December 26, 2019 at 12:31 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 1, 2020 at 5:12 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 1, 2020 at 8:38 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 3, 2020 at 1:13 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Paleophyte - January 1, 2020 at 10:02 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - January 1, 2020 at 10:25 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 2, 2020 at 3:58 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Deesse23 - January 2, 2020 at 2:50 am
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Peebo-Thuhlu - January 2, 2020 at 3:22 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 3, 2020 at 2:05 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - January 2, 2020 at 1:07 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2020 at 2:10 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Huggy Bear - January 3, 2020 at 2:23 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - January 3, 2020 at 2:29 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by LastPoet - January 4, 2020 at 10:52 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by Haipule - January 4, 2020 at 11:22 pm
RE: Being cannot come from Non-being - by The Grand Nudger - January 7, 2020 at 7:08 am

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