Originally posted by JimL
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He doesn't exactly say what he means by nothing, the quoatations around the word basically means he doesn't exactly know what he means by nothing other than that there is "no matter, no space, and no time." He then says that though there is this "nothing" the physical laws exist, and then asserts that those laws are not nothing. As far as I'm concerned, until and unless someone can show that plysical laws are existing things in and of themselves, then I'll take such assertions with a grain of salt. But I have to agree with you, that according to Vilinkens explanation, even though he himself doesn't come to that conclusion, one could conlude that the universe was created from nothing, but in truth thats far from what he is saying, he's saying that the laws themselves not only allow for the universe to pop into existence, but that the laws themselves also allow it to pop out of existence. No creator is needed in either case.
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