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If everything came from nothing, then where did nothing come from? Also if everything came from something, then where did the something come from? If you believe that everything has always just existed then how did it start to just exist?
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October 15, 2005

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Alexander George
October 15, 2005 (changed October 15, 2005) Permalink

Your first question misunderstands the meaning of "nothing": if I come from dust, then there's something I've come from (namely, dust). But if I come from nothing, then there's nothing I come from — not the something that nothing is! See Question 49 for more on this. (You might also look at the reference given in the responses to Question 40.) The more difficult question you raise is how something could have come from nothing, as physicists tell us is the case.

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