Maybe nothing in the philosophical sense never was. Perhaps there was always something but that something was what gave rise to the quantum fluctuation. And, perhaps, that something was not a god after all but just the quantum vacuum. The philosophical nothing may be entirely imaginary. I don't know seems to be the best I can come up with on such matters.

This idea of everyone needs to vote is bunk. If someone is not willing to put the time in to research the candidates then it is a responsible thing, in this case, to not vote. We have too many sheep out there who vote demo or repub because that's their party and we want the other party to lose after all. This isn't some damn sports game. Neither candidate is of any value in my researched opinion because neither addresses the issue with government which is spending and its pervasiveness. The problem is not the government's revenue it is the overspending that is at issue. Most of what you hear from either of them is what they can do for me; how they can make my life easier.