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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Sir FrederickSir Frederick Date: Sep 19, 2008 20:10
On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:56:12 +0100, "The Borg Queen" homesweethome.com>
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>"Sir Frederick" fuzzysys.com> wrote in message
>news:aco8d4h0vq5gisu7n18l6ot2s4o6olt4aj@4ax.com...
>>> I think one of my legs just got longer than the other!
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>But if you accept that YOU are something - then why is there YOU rather than
>nothing?
>If there was only nothing - you would not exist and not be aware to know
>there was nothing would you? So you would not be able to ask the question.
>So the fact that you are aware to question why there is something does PROVE
>that there is something right?
>But if there was only nothing you would not exist and thus could not ask the
>question.
>Do you see the conundrum?
>It is a one way question.
>You can only ask "Why is there something rather than nothing" you can NEVER
>ask "Why is there nothing rather than something?"
>You know there is something - I know there is something.
>Why is there something?
>Because we exist is all.
>The Borg Queen
The question remains, despite all your jive talk.
Here and now, the situation, is; putative who or
putative what ordered that and how come?
The mystery remains.
The human place in that mystery is akin to used axle
grease, though we practice hubris promoting stories.
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