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Debate:Why is there something rather than nothing? (view source)
Revision as of 16:50, December 17, 2012
, 16:50, December 17, 2012→The Biblical answer: more on infinite regression
::It seems that you're trying to set up the problem of [[infinite regression]]. The answer to that is that since God is the Prime Mover, it's meaningless to ask ''why'' God exists. You might as well ask who created God and why. [[User:DavidE|DavidE]] 12:46, 11 December 2012 (EST)
::It seems that you're trying to set up the problem of [[infinite regression]]. The answer to that is that since God is the Prime Mover, it's meaningless to ask ''why'' God exists. You might as well ask who created God and why. [[User:DavidE|DavidE]] 12:46, 11 December 2012 (EST)
:::I'm not trying to "set up" anything. I merely pointed out that if you are attempting to answer the question, ''Why is there something rather than nothing''? it is no answer at all to say "because it pleases God". If God is "something" then you are left with the original question still unanswered. Perhaps what you mean to say is that the question cannot be answered? --[[User:ReginaldF|ReginaldF]] 19:52, 12 December 2012 (EST)
:::I'm not trying to "set up" anything. I merely pointed out that if you are attempting to answer the question, ''Why is there something rather than nothing''? it is no answer at all to say "because it pleases God". If God is "something" then you are left with the original question still unanswered. Perhaps what you mean to say is that the question cannot be answered? --[[User:ReginaldF|ReginaldF]] 19:52, 12 December 2012 (EST)
::::If you are serious about not trying to set up the problem of infinite regression, then you have to accept that at some point, something ''just is,'' without a "why." That something is necessarily God. If I'm mistaken, then let's have your Biblically backed explanation as to why God exists. [[User:DavidE|DavidE]] 11:50, 17 December 2012 (EST)
==Spiritual Creator==
==Spiritual Creator==
You can explain the existence of matter, energy, and life from a purely physiological perspective. According to the probabilistic dictates of quantum field theory, even an apparently perfect vacuum seethes with particles and antiparticles popping into and out of existence. With advances in quantum field theory, and physics the day will eventually come when science can explain why there is something rather than nothing.
You can explain the existence of matter, energy, and life from a purely physiological perspective. According to the probabilistic dictates of quantum field theory, even an apparently perfect vacuum seethes with particles and antiparticles popping into and out of existence. With advances in quantum field theory, and physics the day will eventually come when science can explain why there is something rather than nothing.