mandangalo18
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A creationist claimed to read in textbooks and science journals that nothing begat everything.
I challenged him to produce citations. He provided this http://www.icr.org/article/evolution-ex-nihilo/ I know it's not a textbook or journal, but this quote is interesting.
"In 1973, I proposed that our Universe had been created spontaneously from nothing (ex nihilo), as a result of established principles of physics. This proposal variously struck people as preposterous, enchanting, or both." -Edward P. Tryon, 'What Made the World?" New Scientist, Vol. 101, Mar. 8, 1984, p. 14.
I can't get the article from the web, and I suspect it's a quote mine, but do you guys know anything about this? I'm arguing that "everything from nothing" is a straw man, and I could use a little help finding good citations showing that.
I challenged him to produce citations. He provided this http://www.icr.org/article/evolution-ex-nihilo/ I know it's not a textbook or journal, but this quote is interesting.
"In 1973, I proposed that our Universe had been created spontaneously from nothing (ex nihilo), as a result of established principles of physics. This proposal variously struck people as preposterous, enchanting, or both." -Edward P. Tryon, 'What Made the World?" New Scientist, Vol. 101, Mar. 8, 1984, p. 14.
I can't get the article from the web, and I suspect it's a quote mine, but do you guys know anything about this? I'm arguing that "everything from nothing" is a straw man, and I could use a little help finding good citations showing that.