| Furthermore, whatever there is must have pre-existed in its material cause, as material causes cannot create something other than what is there in the first place. |
| For instance, I vowed in 1995 to listen to no music made after 1970-except for bands that had pre-existed and had released albums before that date. |
| So, Mormonism teaches that we all pre-existed in the spirit realm having been produced from the union of god and his goddess wife. |
