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Clearly there is some good-making feature the universe has that God lacks, or else God would not create the universe at all. Basically, God would only create a universe if it instantiated some new good-making property.
However, if God is perfect, then God must have all good-making properties ***already*** in order to be perfect. If he lacks some good that only an additional creation can provided, then he cannot be perfect prior to the universe.
The argument in formal form:
P1. If a “Perfect Creator” exists, This Perfect being created a new good-making property by creating the universe
P2. If a “Perfect Creator” exists, God could not have created a new good-making property, as one must have all good-making properties already to be Perfect
C. A “Perfect Creator” entails a logical contradiction (God created a new good-making property, but God cannot create a new good-making property).
However, if God is perfect, then God must have all good-making properties ***already*** in order to be perfect. If he lacks some good that only an additional creation can provided, then he cannot be perfect prior to the universe.
The argument in formal form:
P1. If a “Perfect Creator” exists, This Perfect being created a new good-making property by creating the universe
P2. If a “Perfect Creator” exists, God could not have created a new good-making property, as one must have all good-making properties already to be Perfect
C. A “Perfect Creator” entails a logical contradiction (God created a new good-making property, but God cannot create a new good-making property).
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If there is nothing, that means there is no restrictions, thus, there is nothing stopping something from popping into existence.
However, if there is nothing, there is no potential, meaning no potential for something to pop into existence.
Can something come from nothing?
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Philosophy