CCoburn

So, maybe nearly a couple decades ago there was this argument that 'something' must have always existed,
otherwise, 'something' would have had to have come from 'nothing'. Back then the idea was that it was
impossible for something to come from nothing, therefore, something must have always existed, be
eternal, and that thing was God.

You could even slip a logical tautology in here so that one or the other must be true : either there is a
thing that is eternal, or there is not a thing that is eternal. Ultimately though, what transpired was
openness to plausibility of a something from nothing scenario over that of an eternal thing.

Thus began an inquiry into nothingness and the ramifications thereof