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Question: Do you agree with me that nothing can be destroyed!?
seriously, nothing can be destroyed

if you want to destroy a piece of wood, you would probably throw it into a fire!. then it would turn to ash!.and then blow away in the wind but would still be there

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In a sense, the words "nothing" and "destroy" are misnomers for our physical world!. When we say destroy, we often mean functionally destroyed!. E!.g!. when the computer is in pieces, it stops being a computer and becomes dissembled parts and hence destroyed!.

Scientists are still working on E=MC ^ 2 - to make it 100% efficient for matter / antimatter reaction!. Even when they are successful, the reaction is still creating energy which could be turned back into matter and antimatter!. So "destroy" really means conversion between different states of existence - matter, antimatter and energy!.

It is often said that soul / spirit could not be destroyed!. I really wonder if they could exist as pure energy, or that they are functionally taken apart and no longer function!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!. An Object is a thing!. When it passed into your hands, the change begins with it's age, place and possesion by the holder!. Alter anything and you destroy the original piece that was "given" to you!. All that other stuff is simply mutation, oxidation, rapid oxidation (fire) or destruction of its original form!.
Semantics may prevent some from understanding completely!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes that is a very good Question!.

I am the professor of the University of NSW

Yes Matter is never destroyed

Even saying the nutrients in your body that you intake from food, you get nutrients and the rest becomes manure, the nutrients eventually become energy and fuel you to say, push the block of wood!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hmm well, it's a good theory since in science and stuff the conservation of energy, but there's plenty of stuff in the universe we;ve yet to see so I wouldn't say it's impossible for something, even matter to be broken down and destroyed into!.!.!. "nothing" but for as far as we now, that's pretty much right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

energy is never destroyed, it is just changed!.

Even the human body losses a bit of weight as it dies!. That energy goes to the spiritual world!.

Burning wood, turns in to smoke!. Smoke is tiny partcles of burnt wood!. it gets recycled in nature one wway or another
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Actually this is the first law of thermodynamics!.
And special relativity demonstrated that matter and energy are two sides of the same coin in the now famous equivalency principle formula E=mc2!.
So yes I do agree with you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Physical things includes sentient beings, organisms with a CNS!. When the brain is dead, that sentient being's whole subjective world is destroyed, never to recur!. (Thus the ego has no rebirth!.
Maybe -- some timeless reoccuring sentience!? Deeds!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com

not rreallii cos it could like evapourate or something and for e!.g a piece of wood it is destoryed cos it aint a piece of wood anymoreWww@QuestionHome@Com

interesting!. yeah, i agree lol!. I'm trying to think of exceptions to that but I really can't!. could just be because it's three in the morning here, but for now i'll say you're a genius!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

in reality nothing can be destroyed!. no matter what we do an object will just become another object and it goes on and on and on and on!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

what about the smoke man, what if i smoke it, and the smoke comes out!.
where does that go!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!.Anything can be destroyed!.Anything have own weakness & if we work on it,it will be vanished forever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Absolutely!.!. it has been proven scientifically!. Matter can be broken down, but never whiped out!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

if it becomes ash and you still think its there, might as well ask some of your exs if your love is still thereWww@QuestionHome@Com

of course not, you may change it but never destroy it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Only thing that can be destroyed is my heart!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

if you only include physical things then!.!.!.yep!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

no but nice tryWww@QuestionHome@Com