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Re:Nothing Matters by throw0101a on Sunday November 10, 2019 @09:37AM (#21498074)
> Here's the problem - God doesn't exist ...

Aristotle would disagree:

* https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/07/first-way-some-backgrou...

* https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-way-moving-tale.h...

* https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-way-part-ii-two-l...

* https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2014/10/first-way-part-iii-big-...

> The only absolute laws are the laws of physics.

Then you're left with explaining the laws of physics and why they exist. Those laws are contingent after all. See Aquinas's "argument from contingency" (though not the general cosmological argument or Kalām variant, which are not very good) as well as Leibniz:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_argument#Argument...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_sufficient_reason

For a fuller treatment see Feser:

* https://www.amazon.com/Five-Proofs-Existence-Edward-Feser/dp...

Re:Nothing Matters by leereeves on Sunday November 10, 2019 @02:12PM (#21499585)
Aristotle disagreed with inertia too. He was wrong about many things.