From: a_rod_777@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:28:23 PM UTC-6, Eric Vinyard wrote:   
   > On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 3:51:46 PM UTC-4, litewave wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:42:01 PM UTC+2, a_rod_777 wrote:   
   > >     
   > > > If nothing isn't something, then how can you refer to it?   
   > > > Nothing is indeed something... it is a concept.   
   > >    
   > > Hmm... nothing is a word whose meaning is that it doesn't refer to   
   anything.   
   >    
   > If there were nothing, there wouldn't be nothing.   
   >    
   > Nothing is a state of total nonbeing, but it's also a state that can only be   
   conceived of relative to a state of somethingness. In order to imagine   
   nothingness, you have to be in a world where nothingness doesn't exist.   
   >    
   > In fact, I'm not sure that pure "nothing" is, ever will be, or ever has been   
   possible. I've never heard a good argument for how something can come from   
   nothing.   
   >    
   > Even particles that supposedly blink in and out of existence come from the   
   fabric of spacetime - whatever that even "is".   
   >    
   > If total nothingness ever was, it would seem to continue to always be. Which   
   contradicts my first statement, obviously.   
      
   What you just put forth proves that "nothing" and "something" are identical in   
   nature, but only differ in degree. In order for one to be dfined in existence,   
   it must be compared to it's opposite. They are intricately linked as a concept   
   in the mind of    
   the ALL.   
      
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