Can something come from nothing?
Once upon a time there was an atheist who raised a very intelligent question: how can a non-thing have any attributes? Very recently the same question has been asked by a famous American atheist also. We all know that the atheists do not believe in the existence of God. So, as per them God is a non-thing, and therefore this non-existent God, or this non-thing, cannot have any attributes at all. But here I will show that even if God does not exists, still then this non-existent God (non-thing) can actually have many attributes.
For this purpose I will take the case of a stone that does not exist, and I will ask the question: can we destroy a non-existent stone? The answer is very simple indeed: no, we cannot. A non-existent stone cannot be destroyed, simply because it does not exist at all. So we can say that a non-existent stone is indestructible. This is one attribute that the non-existent stone can have. Similarly it can be shown that this non-existent stone can have many other attributes also.
The non-existent stone is not within any space, because it does not exist, and therefore it cannot have any space at all. Therefore it is spaceless.
The non-existent stone is not within any time, because it does not exist, and therefore it cannot have any time at all. Therefore it is timeless.
As the non-existent stone is neither in space nor in time, so the non-existent stone cannot change at all. This is because change can occur either in space, or in time. So the non-existent stone does not get any chance to change at all, and thus the non-existent stone is changeless.
A non-existent stone can never cease to be, because ceasing to be is also some sort of change. And we have already seen that no change can ever occur for the non-existent stone, because necessary condition for the occurrence of any sort of change in it does not exist at all. So the non-existent stone will never cease to be. But what does it mean that the non-existent stone will never cease to be? It means that the non-existent stone will forever remain a non-existent stone.
Similarly it can be shown that the non-existent stone will always be unborn, uncreated, without any beginning and without an end. This is because it has already been made very clear that no change can ever occur for the non-existent stone. But to be born is some sort of change. Being created is also some sort of change. Having a beginning is also some sort of change. Coming to an end is also some sort of change. As the non-existent stone can never change at all, therefore it will always be unborn, uncreated, without any beginning and without an end.
But what does it mean that the non-existent stone is without any beginning and without an end? It means that the non-existence of the non-existent stone has never begun, and that the non-existence of the non-existent stone will never come to an end. It means that the non-existence of the non-existent stone is everlasting.
But if the non-existent stone is everlastingly non-existent, then that will mean that it can never come into existence from its everlasting non-existence. It will forever remain into its non-existence. This will further imply that something can come from something only, and that something can never come from nothing.