One of the goals of Apologetics is to deal with the objections that people have regarding the existence of God. For the last several weeks, we have been exploring some of these objections and the arguments that address them. This week we look at the possibility of nothing existing. Previously, New York Apologetics posted an article addressing this here: Knock Knock.
Here is how Norm Geisler addresses the possibility of nothing existing:
The Possibility of Nothing. Some critics object to the cosmological argument on the ground that it is logically possible that nothing ever existed, including God. If it is logically possible that God never existed, then it is not logically necessary that he does exist.
The theist can readily admit that it is possible for a Necessary Being not to exist so long as nothing else ever existed either. However, if there is a Necessary Being then it is not possible that he does not exist. A logically Necessary Being need not necessarily actually exist. But an actually Necessary Being must necessarily actually exist. The atheists’ objection to the concept of a necessary being applies only to a logically necessary being, not to an actually necessary being.
While it is logically possible that nothing ever existed, including God, it is not actually possible. Something does exist. As long as it is not actually possible for a total state of nothingness, then something must necessarily and eternally exist (e.g., God), since nothing cannot produce something. And if there were ever a total state of nothingness, then there would always be a total state of nothingness. For nothingness cannot produce anything.
Geisler, N. L. (1999). In Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics (pp. 293–294). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.