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Infinity, Creation, and the Irrelevance of God

The central issue in debates about creation is not whether God exists, but how existence itself arises from nonexistence. In this context, the “distance” between nothing and something—no matter how small or finite the resulting entity—can be considered infinite. For example, the existence of an atom depends on the fundamental forces and structures of the universe, which can be understood as expressions of boundless causal potential. Importantly, this infinite potential does not need to be uniform; different entities may arise from distinct expressions of causality, each effectively “infinite” in the sense that they bridge the gap between nothing and something.

Entities that bridge that gap are going to look like they need nothing to create them. It is reasonable to use how it looks as a stopping point. That would mean seeing each entity as a brute fact.

And we do not understand how a God can make something come from nothing anyway so God belief adds nothing to the discussion.

From this perspective, invoking God as an explanation is unnecessary.

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