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To: koan who wrote (25086)	4/17/2012 1:30:09 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

What can you remove from a vacuum? Well, ok, if you can remove nothing then, where would you put it? Would you have one less of anything?

To: koan who wrote (25086)	4/17/2012 2:11:58 PM
From: Solon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I am glad you got that. Hard to get around! :-) One other point. IF there were a creator with the attributes we have creatively imagined it to have, THEN it would have EVERYTHING as a necessary attribute (we can of course redefine "God" if we choose! We have that power!) THEREFORE, what we call the void would necessarily be just a part of what we have gratuitously defined as "God". And who really wants to call god..."nothing"--maybe Gregor!) Here is another thought experiment: Your vacuum jar is a container as big as the Milky Way (we will start small!). Now, pump it TRULY empty (with your special knowledge and equipment from 2350). Now what do you have left? What is in that huge space? Some people say nothing--just empty space! But it certainly takes up a lot of room! Try walking around the total outside circumference of that "container"...