Posted: May 15, 2018 12:19 pm
This is a noob question:
In debates with Christian apologists they often claim it is impossible for a universe to come from "nothing" without a creator. However can it be said that there was ever "nothing" ? When the universe started to exist time came into being with it, so there was never a point in time when there was nothing. For every instant where time = X the universe has existed. There is no "before" state when there was nothing, so in a way the universe has always existed, if you assume always means every instant in time.
In debates with Christian apologists they often claim it is impossible for a universe to come from "nothing" without a creator. However can it be said that there was ever "nothing" ? When the universe started to exist time came into being with it, so there was never a point in time when there was nothing. For every instant where time = X the universe has existed. There is no "before" state when there was nothing, so in a way the universe has always existed, if you assume always means every instant in time.