[MD] Philosophy is dead

[Andre Broersen]

Craig:

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM,<craigerb at comcast.net>  wrote:

> >  [Steve]
>> >>  It would seem that either at some point something came from nothing or
>> >>  that something was always around. Which do you think it is?
> >
> >  Time is a sequence of changes&  time began with the first change.
> >  It is a moot point whether the first change was from nothing to something or
> >  from something to something else. ?Either way there was a beginning&
> >  it was a finite time ago.
I think that is a good way to dissolve the issue.

Andre:
The Buddha (wisely) was silent when asked about 'beginnings'. I imagine acres of forests have been
chopped to fill books with speculations. We simply do not know.