In regard to: "If nothing existed; would it remain nothing?"
This is exactly what I'm suggesting. It would not remain "nothing". We usually think of the situation when you get rid of all matter, energy, space/volume, time, abstract concepts, minds, etc. as "nothing". But, what I'm saying is that this supposed "nothing" really isn't the lack of all existent entities. That "nothing" would be the entirety of all that is present; that's it; there's nothing else. It would be the all. An entirety is a grouping defining what is contained within and therefore an existent entity, based on my definition of an existent entity. So, even what we think of as "nothing" is an existent entity or "something". This means that "something" is non-contingent. It's necessary. There is no such thing as the lack of all existent entities. On Saturday, January 3, 2015 1:17:27 AM UTC-5, cdemorsella wrote: > > > > > > *From:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *meekerdb > *Sent:* Friday, January 02, 2015 9:44 PM > *To:* everyth...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: Why is there something rather than nothing? From quantum > theory to dialectics? > > > > On 1/2/2015 9:05 PM, 'Roger' via Everything List wrote: > > Even if the word "exists" has no use because everything exists, it seems > important to know why everything exists. How is it that a thing can > exist? What I suggest is that a grouping defining what is contained within > is an existent entity. Then, you can use this to try and answer the other > question of "Why is there something rather than nothing?". > > > If everything exists, what doesn't exist? Nothing. > > > > If nothing existed; would it remain nothing? > > -Chris > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
