Category Archive: physics

Mar 07 2012

Ex Nihilo Onus Merdae Fit

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atheism, cosmology, metaphysics, naturalism, ontology, philosophy, physics

A common argument against atheism is that the Big Bang proves everything had a beginning (it does not in fact prove that, but bear with me here), therefore there was once nothing, and ex nihilo nihil fit, “from nothing, comes nothing.” However, that latter premise is demonstrably false. And that spells death for theism and …