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Full Idea
What was it that determined something to exist rather than nothing? ...This implies a necessary being… But why may not the material universe be the necessarily existent being?
Gist of Idea
If something must be necessary so that something exists rather than nothing, why can't the universe be necessary?
Source
David Hume (Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion [1751], Part 9)
Book Ref
'The Existence of God', ed/tr. Hick,John [Macmillan 1964], p.95
A Reaction
There certainly seems no need for whatever the necessary thing is that it qualify as a 'god'. If could be a necessary subatomic particle that suddenly triggers reactions.