tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post7028734871766858928..comments2023-09-02T07:14:49.753-04:00Comments on Atheism And The City: A Few Thoughts On 'Nothing'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-35290621418669663672013-06-07T17:56:40.838-04:002013-06-07T17:56:40.838-04:00Not sure if you've stumbled upon it, but Richa...Not sure if you've stumbled upon it, but Richard Carrier does good job of spelling this out in <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/468" rel="nofollow">Ex Nihilo Onus Merdae Fit</a>Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021810579773953296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-34170059851335541852013-06-07T17:48:16.577-04:002013-06-07T17:48:16.577-04:00Agreed. From nothing is like from eternity: It can...Agreed. <i>From</i> nothing is like <i>from</i> eternity: It can be put into words, but is most likely baseless in reality. The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303015383137218932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7110460687773644977.post-17544887317993299272013-06-07T11:52:25.236-04:002013-06-07T11:52:25.236-04:00What properties does nothing have? Well, presumabl...<b>What properties does nothing have? Well, presumably it has no properties at all. What limitations does nothing have? Well, since it has no properties it might have no limitations. But having no limitations seems like a property to me, as does having limitations.</b><br /><br />This exactly!<br />How can you constrain Nothing when the constraint is a property that Nothing cannot have?<br />It seems to me that you're probably more correct, that such a Nothing could not ever have been - it's quite possibly an incoherent concept, and perhaps even the fact that it is a concept indicates that we're not talking about NothingRianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021810579773953296noreply@blogger.com