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Well, according to the ontological argument, God exists necessarily, and so the reason there's something rather than nothing is that it's a logical contradiction for there to be nothing. (Okay, so I'll stole this from a philosophy article a former professor of mine wrote. I think it's called "Why is there something rather than nothing?")
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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