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What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?

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What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 3:53 am
Yes, but who's on first?!
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 3:54 am
(August 19, 2014 at 3:52 am)stonedape Wrote: But god does exist in my imagination.

Then you are not an atheist.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 3:55 am
Bored now.

No wonder I do not spend as much time here anymore.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 3:59 am
At least we know something can't come from nothing.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:00 am
(August 19, 2014 at 3:54 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:52 am)stonedape Wrote: But god does exist in my imagination.
Then you are not an atheist.
Exactly.
god is supposed to be imaginary
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:00 am
(August 19, 2014 at 3:59 am)revivin Wrote: At least we know something can't come from nothing.

How do you know that?
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:03 am
(August 19, 2014 at 4:00 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 3:59 am)revivin Wrote: At least we know something can't come from nothing.

How do you know that?

It was explained in the opening post.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:06 am
(August 19, 2014 at 3:59 am)revivin Wrote: At least we know something can't come from nothing.

It all depends on the something to which you are referring.

Can something tangible and verifiable appear spontaneously from nothing?

Highly unlikely.

Can something take form from the imagination whereby such a concept never existed before?

Absolutely.

The supernatural, which includes any deity, is an example of the latter.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:07 am
(August 19, 2014 at 4:06 am)Kitanetos Wrote: The supernatural, which includes any deity, is an example of the latter.

God is more than just a concept, but the uncreated Creator.
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RE: What Are the Rules of Something from Nothing?
August 19, 2014 at 4:08 am (This post was last modified: August 19, 2014 at 4:09 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(August 19, 2014 at 4:07 am)revivin Wrote:
(August 19, 2014 at 4:06 am)Kitanetos Wrote: The supernatural, which includes any deity, is an example of the latter.

God is more than just a concept, but the uncreated Creator.

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