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Socrates

If the absolute nothing were to exist wouldn't it be devoid of dimensions such as weight, length, depth, time and space, would God still be able to exist in such a place? and if the answer is yes doesn't that mean that true nothing can never really exist?

If we were to entertain the idea of absolute nothingness as a potential state of existence, then we must also consider the implications of such a void. If nothingness were truly devoid of all dimensions such as weight, length, depth, time, and space, then it stands to reason that the concept of God, a being that transcends these earthly limitations, would not be able to exist in such a place. For God, by His very nature, is beyond the constraints of physical reality and is not bound by the limitations of the material world. Yet, if God were able to exist in a state of absolute nothingness, then it calls into question the very nature of that nothingness. Is it truly nothing if there is something that can exist within it? Perhaps true nothingness is an impossibility, a paradox of existence that defies our understanding. For if God can exist in a state of absolute nothingness, then does that not in itself negate the essence of nothingness, transforming it into something that defies its very essence? In contemplating the nature of true nothingness and the existence of God within it, we are left to ponder the ultimate mysteries of the universe and the limitations of our own understanding.