This is a grammatical problem, and a logical problem. 1) A state of nothing cann

This is a grammatical problem, and a logical problem.
1) A state of nothing cannot be brought into existence.
2) Nothing means ‘relatively’ – meaning nothing persistent within existence.
3) The universe and some elements within it exist and persist since existence means persistence.
4) Once you accept that there is a totality of existence, asking why that totality exists rather than a different one (the null totality) may be incoherent, because any explanatory framework already assumes existence.”
5) We don’t’ know. But nothingness can’t exist except as the relative absence of something else.