Everything VS Nothing

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I don't understand how ''everything'' can possibly be larger than ''nothing'', or more complete.
Or vice versa.

We cannot truly witness everything in its entirety, nor can we witness nothing in its entirety.

Since we don't have concept of everything that exists, we cannot claim to know what ''everything'' is or what it consits of. Equaly, we cannot claim ''nothing's'' shortcomings or otherwise, since concept of ''nothing'' would mean absence of all those, which again, we cannot bare witness to.

You can't truly know God either, but we argue all the time about that concept, don't we ? 😬

I don't believe you can really have a nothing. Nothing is just our concept that may be false. Everything could be all there is anyway.

Originally posted by debbiejo
I don't believe you can really have a nothing. Nothing is just our concept that may be false. Everything could be all there is anyway.

Do you consider empty space to be "something" ?

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
You can't truly know God either, but we argue all the time about that concept, don't we ? 😬

Why can't I know God? Since I do not know what it is, I don't know it at the moment, but someone in the future might.

Everything would ultimately mean all that is in existence, which majority of that we don't know (considering we are so tiny and insignificant in the Universe). Nothing, would therefore be an absence of all that exists.

One cannot be bigger or better than the other, and we cannot claim that since we do not know what everything ultimately consits of, to claim that absence of it is ultimately inferior.

Furthermore, much like hot and cold, one cannot be ultimately better than the other one...since they are both exactly the same phenomenon, on different spectrum.

Thus, ''better'' is matter of opinion, more than anything else.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Why can't I know God? Since I do not know what it is, I don't know it at the moment, but someone in the future might.

Maybe in the future people will truly know what Everything and Nothing is...what exactly is your point ?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Everything would ultimately mean all that is in existence, which majority of that we don't know (considering we are so tiny and insignificant in the Universe). Nothing, would therefore be an absence of all that exists.

Right....which do you imagine is greater ?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
One cannot be bigger or better than the other, and we cannot claim that since we do not know what everything ultimately consits of, to claim that absence of it is ultimately inferior.

Why can't one be greater than the other ? If the Big Bang theory is correct, then this universe has a definate boundary, making "everything" limitted, while the void that continues on forever would be infinite, making nothing greater than everything...

That's one out of millions of possibilities....

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Furthermore, much like hot and cold, one cannot be ultimately better than the other one...since they are both exactly the same phenomenon, on different spectrum.

How are you comparing everything and nothing to hot and cold, when you earlier argued that we could not truly understand those concepts?

Likewise, how do you know everything and nothing is a spectrum of any sort ? Everything and Nothing, by definition, are polar opposites. You can't have semi-existance. Things either exist, or they don't.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Thus, ''better'' is matter of opinion, more than anything else.

When did I ever bring up the term "better" ?