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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Asking as an atheist myself: what is "nothing"?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Imagine a mind, a person, a body… then imagine it is not there anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Remember the 13 billion years before you were born? More of that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What do you remember about before you were born?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lots, see another reply I've made

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

That's a pedantic way to answer a question that you understand the purpose of, but are choosing to answer it hyper literally. So, I'll respond hyper literally. You don't remember anything about before you were born because you weren't there to experience it. You're recalling scientific theories and stories passed down through the years about historic events that took place before your birth.

The question again since you want to be hyper literal is "what do you remember about 'your life' before you were born?". It's a thought experimemt to make you think about the totality and finite of nothingness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Beige. Forever.