Reply #13: To answer both of you,

[Occam Bandage]

"something" and "existence" are both concepts that, like the dimensions themselves including time, are all contained entirely within the universe. To talk about existence within that stage as being meaningful, we imply there is a meaningful comparison to things outside that stage. It is a bit like me saying "my hair is and was black on my body and after I was conceived and then born. It is meaningless to ask what color my hair was 1400 years ago, or to ask what color my hair is on a raindrop.