Being can come from non-being

[Mister Agenda]

It is not that nonbeing is impossible that we disagree on, ThinkingisThinking. I agree that it's impossible and was clear on that point. It's that if it were possible, it would not necessarily follow that nothing can proceed from it. That something exists is a brute fact, that there ever was 'absolute nothingness' is not possible, but even if it were, it would still not mean that a supernatural explanation is necessary to explain why there is something now.

If a five-pointed square existed, it would have five points, not some other number of points, that necessarily follows from the concept 'five-pointed square', even though it's a contradiction in terms. If there was only nonbeing, it would have no time. We should be able to talk about imaginary impossible things without having to constantly rehash the point that they're not possible. Hypotheticals are an important part of reasoning (not that my point is that important, in my opinion it wasn't important enough to bother with rebutting).