Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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I've never understood the concept of a giant exploding mass of sub-atomic particles being able to join to form hydrogen, and then later converging to form stars, that then produce denser elements, and then later form other stars and planets. I believe this theory has as much believability as creation of life from non-living components.
The question "Why is there something rather than nothing?" is one of the most profound in philosophy and science, often attributed to Martin Heidegger, who called it the fundamental question of metaphysics.
Materialist just can't get around this question.
If there was ever a 'state' of absolute Nothingness, there would still still be an absolute nothingness.
The human mind can't imagine absolute nothingness. The best they can do is 'empty space' which is something.( We use words that only apply to existence)
Empty space has height, wide, length, time (Time because it takes time to get from point A to point B) & something to maintain it's existence.