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To: BikerNYC
It just pushes the discussion back a half step to question why there is a God at all.

Step back even further -- why is there "an existence" at all? It's a somewhat moot question, given that there is "an existence."

But just try answer the question "why is there existence?" You'll find yourself stumbling over all manner of mind-bending issues -- such as "how did existence get there at all?" One thing seems clear: "existence" is independent of time -- it's literally eternal (I confess I do not understand the full implications of eternity). Perhaps there is no satisfactory answer to "why" there is "an existence."

The question of "why" there might be a God is along the same lines. If there is a God, then He would share, in some sense, the properties of "eternal existence," in which case the question of "why" He exists at all seems rather moot.

26 posted on 11/24/2004 8:40:41 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
I don't believe existence is independent of time. It only appears eternal because if existence did not exist, no one could perceive its non-existence. (Which, although not particularly satisfying, is the best answer to "Why is there something rather than nothing?")

I'm not convinced that using the term "existence" apart from saying that something in particular exists makes any sense.
27 posted on 11/24/2004 8:47:49 AM PST by BikerNYC
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