Only God creates ex nihilo. Humans can only create out of something that already exists, which means there has to be an earlier destruction phase. (Yi-Fu Tuan)

Only God creates ex nihilo. Humans can only create out of something that already exists, which means there has to be an earlier destruction phase.

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