How do you explain God's eternal exsistence?

Question

You really can't but how do you explain it. If he has always been there then what is his purpose?

Answer 1

His purpose is explained by the name he gives Moses, when Moses asks him what his name is in Exodus... "I am that I am." His purpose is existence.... it is only through him that there even is existence, as opposed to non-existence.

As to Eternity - it isn't what you think it is. See Augustine, Confessions, Book XI. Eternity isn't eternity if it just means endless time... it means something else... a timeless state of being.

Answer 2

No one dared so far to claim creating, or being able to create, any single thing, even a hair!! The Creator and The Sustainer of all these Creatures is One only; if there were more than one there would have been confusion in the heavens and the earth! That One is Allah (the only true God).

Can we find an explanation of the great universe? Is there any convincing interpretation of the secret of existence? We realize that no family can function properly without a responsible head, that no city can prosperously exist without sound administration, and that no state can survive without a leader of some kind. We also realize that nothing comes into being on its own. Moreover, we observe that the universe exists and functions in the most orderly manner, and that it has survived for hundreds of thousands of years. Can we, then, say that all this is accidental and haphazard? Can we attribute the existence of man and the whole world to mere chance.





In the world then there must be a Great Force in action to keep everything in order. In the beautiful nature there must be a Great Creator who creates the most charming pieces of art and produces everything for a special purpose in life. The deeply enlightened people recognize this creator and call him Allah 'God'. He is not human because no human can create or make another human. He is not an animal nor is He a plant. He is neither an idol nor is He a statue of any kind because none of these things can make itself or create anything else. He is different from all of these things, because He is the maker and keeper of them all. The maker of anything must be different from and greater than the things which he makes.


Imagine yourself in an aeroplane and you know it is
going to crash...

Who do you turn to for help then ?

Or on a ship in the sea, thrown helplessly up and down
by towering waves ...

There will have been a situation at one time or the
other in your life when you called upon your Creator
alone, forgetting everyone and everything else,
hoping, trusting, wishing that the Being you know in
your heart and soul that has power and control over all
things would help you. The only One you know can
save you!


Scientists, even though they are able to reproduce human and animal life through artificial processes like in-vitro fertilization and cloning, cannot accomplish these feats without the basic elements of human life that consist of genes and cells and other organic properties. Scientists are not able to create these things. Even the processes that are used by scientists to accomplish various procedures originated from a source whose intellect was obviously far greater than those who seek to discover and imitate the creative processes.

There are various ways to know God "Allah", and there are many things to tell about Him. The great wonders and impressive marvels of the world are like open books in which we can read about Allah. Besides, Allah Himself comes to our aid through the many messengers and revelations He has sent down to man. These messengers and revelations tell us about everything we need to know about Allah.

Answer 3

I don't know His purpose but when my kids ask similar questions, I explain it in 2 ways.
1. We cannot understand the concept of FOREVER because we have time restrictions here on earth that do not exist outside of earth. Therefore we cannot grasp it.
2. His existence is circular. Look at a ring. There is no beginning & no end. It just goes Forever.

Answer 4

1. If God exists, then God is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect.
2. If God is omnipotent, then God has the power to eliminate all evil.
3. If God is omniscient, then God knows when evil exists.
4. If God is morally perfect, then God has the desire to eliminate all evil.
5. Evil exists.
6. If evil exists and God exists, then either God doesn't have the power to eliminate all evil, or doesn't know when evil exists, or doesn't have the desire to eliminate all evil.
7. Therefore, God doesn't exist.

also , people are keen to believe that there's something bigger than them , that there's a reason for all the things to happen . they like to think that they are part of a bigger plan , a plan that will assure them a place in heaven for eternity

Answer 5

God is outside of time. Thus to say His existence is eternal is to say that He has been existent throughout all time, which he surely has, but He has to have been existent before time itself, in that He created it. His purpose is to reveal His will to man, through the Word, and by mediation of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 6

This is just like asking what is the minimun distance between two adjacent points: the answer is zero. Thus ,and because a point has zero radius, both points are the same point.

Nevertheless, you still can draw a line..

Same happens with time: time can't exist, only NOW, but we draw time lines because it serves our purposes..

:-)

Answer 7

If you really feel He is there ! He is there of course ! the unknown power behind us the unseen image around you the unknown force that protects you is nothing but God. without his permission you can not think of any thing he may help you or he might have helped you as your friend stranger just recall dear frind It is said that god has created mothers in the place of HIM

Answer 8

I explain it like this:

The human mind is a very powerful machine with the ability to
invent the most amazing of fanciful notions.

Answer 9

His purpose is to be God. I'm sure you want some deep thought on the issue but that pretty much sums it up.

Answer 10

Since I am not assuming such a thing I do not have to explain it. People create gods, not the other way around.