My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Nothing produces nothing. . .
Yes, with nothing, there is no matter, motive, energy, different dimension for nothing to work with to become something.
But there is something . . .
Even scientists who say that something can come from nothing are not talking about nothing but instead are talking about another type of something. So, we are still left with the dilemma, how did something come to exist.
Since something cannot come from nothing, to have something, something must have always existed eternally in the past are more properly outside of time. Not only must there have always been something, but if there is change, then there must always have been the ability to inact change. For a something that exists eternally and yet does not change will always not change, for there is no magical force that can appear out of nothing separate from this something to cause it to change. After all, how does something that has not changed from all eternity past suddenly change? So, something must be eternal and the ability to act and cause change must be eternal. Could it be nature? Nature has no desire or will to move or change. It will not move, unless eternally moving. So, nature would need a system of perpetual motion to eternally have both something and action, perhaps a cyclic existence. The sacred name of God is Yahweh, meaning “I am”. He was and is and is to come. God claims to be the only one who is self-existent and the one who created time itself, and unlike nature being personal, he has a will and not only eternally exists but eternally is able to act and is not subject to time. God has both a “divine nature” and “eternal power”, the very things we would expect if there is something.
I don’t present this as something to prove God’s existence. I don’t want to make a claim like that, lightly. I don’t feel like I have thought through all of this well enough to make that claim. But it is only prudent to take the time to meditate on these things and let them sink in.
“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20, ESV)
Additional point that shows this is Paul’s intent: Romans knew Paul’s statement to be true
