Before the beginning, there was God. — Brendan Golledge

Nothing was before God, and neither does God depend on anything else.

My beliefs are based on observation of the natural world which as I’ve stated before shows signs of intelligence, design whatever you wanna call it. This to me constitutes evidence of God. — kindred

Just not possible.

Yet in God, in the abstract, exists all else that could be. — Brendan Golledge

I do appreciate the idea of 'the middle way' in Buddhism as a basic point for balanced approaches to ethics. It looks beyond the idea of 'perfectionism' in morality and ethics as being about real life dilemmas. This goes beyond the idea of ethics and morality as being about salvation on a personal level. — Jack Cummins

Is there a distinction in quantum theory between "nothing" and "nothing-ness?" — Count Timothy von Icarus

[No] reason to really struggle and fight for a place in the world. No reason to really pursue anything. One can just end [one's] life and be done with the pursuit and struggle. — Darkneos

To go beyond the Actual (physical) to inquire into what's logically Possible (meta-physical). — Gnomon

This is the first and last question that philosophy must answer - 'What's the point?' The answer is "love". If you wonder what love is, I can only tell you that it is what you lack, whenever you ask this question. Suicide makes sense if there is no love, but only self. We are not here to be satisfied, but to become satisfactory. — unenlightened

I’ve struggled to find a good argument against suicide ... — Darkneos

The human condition in a square bracket. We have caused most of our own misery - not entirely unknowingly, because there was always at least one 'enemy of the people' who warned us and was overruled for all the wrong reasons. — Vera Mont

Those who have almost nothing are usually thankful for the little they have.
Those who have almost everything usually think they deserve better.
— unenlightened

The whole point of institutional religion.

So, chairs exist and numbers subsist? Is that a common understanding? — Art48

Why is there something instead of nothing? — Benj96

'Nothing' is unstable. — Frank Wilczek, theoretical physicist

Since the PSR is a first principle of metaphysics, like logic, then it is part of the fabric of reality. — A Christian Philosophy

How do you define good? — Matias Isoo

All that you touch
You change.

All that you change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change. — Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

I do think that there is likely to be a lot of population reduction through many factors, from war and inequalities. Of course, this is not the first time and the ability to cope with change is questionable. — Jack Cummins

How to account for subjectivity in an objective world? — bizso09

To prevent life =/= to prevent suffering just as to destroy the village =/= to save the village. Your ANist cowardice and hypocrisy are pathetic, schop, but it's not yet too late to redeem yourself à la Mainländer. :smirk: — 180 Proof

↪180 Proof is making a statement of personal belief, not a fact of science. — Gnomon

So you're saying the probability God exists is extremely low? — RogueAI