Closer to Truth's Ultimate Matters

What are the ultimate questions of cosmic existence? We ask metaphysical questions, like 'What is Truth?' Cosmic questions, like 'Why the Cosmos?" Existence questions, like 'What Things Really Exist? ' Reality questions, like 'What is Ultimate Reality?' Final questions, like "Why Anything at All?'

Fri, May 24 6:30 A.M. Are There Things Not Material?     NH World (11.3)

Is the natural, physical world all-there-is? Or is there something more-a supernatural, nonphysical existence? I was trained in science, so I should be a naturalist.

Fri, May 24 1:30 P.M. Are There Things Not Material?     NH World (11.3)

Is the natural, physical world all-there-is? Or is there something more-a supernatural, nonphysical existence? I was trained in science, so I should be a naturalist.

Fri, May 31 6:30 A.M. Is The Anthropic Principle Significant?     NH World (11.3)

Here's the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers.

Fri, May 31 1:30 P.M. Is The Anthropic Principle Significant?     NH World (11.3)

Here's the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers.

Fri, Jun 7 6:30 A.M. Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?     NH World (11.3)

Some think metaphysics is ancient nonsense; others that it's the bizarre occult.

Fri, Jun 7 1:30 P.M. Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?     NH World (11.3)

Some think metaphysics is ancient nonsense; others that it's the bizarre occult.

Fri, Jun 14 6:30 A.M. Why is There "Something" Rather than "Nothing"?     NH World (11.3)

This is the ultimate question: What if everything had forever been nothing? Not just emptiness, not just blankness, but not even the existence of emptiness, not even the meaning of blankness, and no forever.

Fri, Jun 14 1:30 P.M. Why is There "Something" Rather than "Nothing"?     NH World (11.3)

This is the ultimate question: What if everything had forever been nothing? Not just emptiness, not just blankness, but not even the existence of emptiness, not even the meaning of blankness, and no forever.

Fri, Jun 21 6:30 A.M. What Is Nothing?     NH World (11.3)

What if nothing ever existed? Scientists claim that the universe came from nothing.

Fri, Jun 21 1:30 P.M. What Is Nothing?     NH World (11.3)

What if nothing ever existed? Scientists claim that the universe came from nothing.

Fri, Jun 28 6:30 A.M. Why Anything at All?     NH World (11.3)

Why is there a world, a cosmos, something - instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest.

Fri, Jun 28 1:30 P.M. Why Anything at All?     NH World (11.3)

Why is there a world, a cosmos, something - instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest.

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