Richard Swinburne - Why is There 'Something' Rather Than 'Nothing'?

Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Access Closer to Truth's library of 5,000+ videos for free: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Here’s the ultimate question: what if it were true that everything always and forever had been ‘nothing’? Imagine that not a single thing ever existed–not emptiness, not blankness, not even the existence of emptiness, or the meaning of blankness. If you can image that, now ask yourself: why is there anything at all? Watch more videos on the mystery of existence: https://shorturl.at/bexMQ Shop Closer To Truth merch on Bonfire: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Richard Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is a former Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford and is currently Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion. For free subscriber-only exclusives, register for free today: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.