Isn't God an example of Intelligent Design?

Question

I know it's an old question, but I really don't understand it. Please help me out.

ID is about the 'Watchmaker' - 'A complex creation like a watch requires a watchmaker'. Fine, okay, sure. But why is God exempt from this? 'Who created God?' is a pointless question - I agree. But it becomes a practical question if somebody is telling you that the universe is too complex to have formed independently.

Why should I then accept that God is _not_ too complex to have formed independently?

diamond_doll: I never said that I believed the universe always existed. I said that the proposal that it always existed is as legitimate as the proposal that God always existed. I don't have a problem with the notion that God is uncreated (apart from not believing it), but if you tell me that complex things _require_ a creator, then it begs the question why God is exempt from that rule. It's the logic that bothers me.

Answer 1

In traditional scholastic theology, God is eternal, uncreated, and...simple. Weird, eh?

Answer 2

Okay then, if you are looking for who created GOD, but say also that the Universe always existed, you have contradicted yourself. You want a creator for everything, yet not for the Universe, as it fits your belief, but want one for God, as it doesn't?

Cant have it both ways. Either EVERYTHING has a creator, or not. Which one is it? Should we accept the universe is to complex to have formed independently?

The coin has two sides, you know?

Answer 3

Actually, I was the one who created god.

Sorry,
sorry about that everyone.
Just got a little carried away.
Won't happen again.
Sorry.

Answer 4

ID is a crackpot theory. The only thing that would make it valid for a person is if s/he chose to incorporate it as part of his/her belief system.

Answer 5

yes, man (semi-intelligent) created God and all the other gods.