On Jan 15, 2008, at 5:13 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> I think the question, Why does the Universe exist? (Why is there
> anything instead of nothing?) seems like a perfectly legitimate one to
> many people, even if they're being told sternly, "You can't ask that
> question! The universe just is!"
But that is not what you have been told. You have been told a) that the question is meaningless b) that the words "why" or "cause" or "reason" for existence begs the question
*nothing* cannot exist
Shane Mage
"This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out in measures."
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 30