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Do non-creationist theories of the origin of the universe assume something came from nothing?

Asked by DominicX (28808points) November 9th, 2011

I’ll admit I’m not too knowledgeable in cosmology, but one common argument I hear for creationism is that the alternative assumes something came from nothing, which is less probable than something coming from something that always existed.

However, I’m wondering: do these theories necessarily assume something came from nothing? Is there anything inherently implausible about that? Are there are non-creationist theories of the origin of the universe that do not assume something came from nothing?

(Yes, I know I could “just Google it” but I’d like to hear from the intelligent crowd we have on this site).

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