If God was all that existed back then, what disturbed the eternal equilibrium and compelled him to create? Was he bored? Was he lonely? God is supposed to be perfect. If something is perfect, it is complete--it needs nothing else. We humans engage in activities because we are pursuing that elusive perfection, because there is disequilibrium caused by a difference between what we are and what we want to be. If God is perfect, there can be no disequilibrium. There is nothing he needs, nothing he desires, and nothing he must or will do. A God who is perfect does nothing except exist. A perfect creator God is impossible.
2006-08-17 10:41:11 · 21 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are SO right ste
2006-08-17 11:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Atheist 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is extra handy to assume that the universe has continuously existed for all eternity than to conceive of a being previous its limits able to growing to be it . The universe is self - latest and not created . A god can't exist as a results of fact this form of very complicated being is purely impossible and relatively inconceivable . If there have been such an entity , then who created him ? it relatively is a limiteless regression that's impossible to reach at an answer ; hence , it is barely logical to end that this form of being on no account existed in any respect .
2016-10-02 05:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love begets; it's a creative force.
You'd be better of thinking of God in terms of a woman’s womb rather than in terms of a male mind.
Mind can only speculate as to questions and answers; it's a mirrored box looking at itself all day and drifting around aimlessly until something happens and it gets animated. Womb creates, it makes, nurtures and delivers; then mind thinks about that.
Who knows? But I appreciate where you’re coming from.
But you've got some kind of hint from 'Before Abraham I AM', 'I am he who is', 'I am the One'. You know the idea of an all enfolding singularity, without beginning or end.
And then again time is merely an hour glass to measure experience; essentially it’s an illusion; experience is all that counts; were growing towards something that's absolute and exists outside of time; we experience time because of our finite nature.
Think about Zen moments - when you go outside of time for a moment; or think sensory overload except without the scary reaction.
...Time for bed now over here
(P.S: Is it just me or is there a mass of silly questions on the site? This must be the time you guys get high on third world-drugs from the countries you’ve yet to totally immolate and flatten. I reckon the Red-Leb will be in short supply for a while. But I guess your God’s to high to give a **** about that kinda stuff…….Ouch….nasty...zzzz)
2006-08-17 11:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by Pope Sixtus the Seventh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the God you described would have to be a selfish God. A selfish person doesn't need anything but himself (at least accordingto him). You're right, God doesn't need anything to live. He's self-existent, totally independent. But He's not anti-social
I think the reason why God decided to create creatures is the same reason why a couple decides to have children. You know, God is love, and love consists in giving. God --Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-- was alone with anybody else to share His great love and joy but among themselves. That's why He started to create children --angels, humans, and other races-- to love them and take care of them. God does not live for Himself. By that way, He could spread His love and share His joy and happiness with His children.
God loves you more than anything else. We can know this for sure thanks that He's made us by His own image, and gave up His life for us.
2006-08-17 13:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by Cachanilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created time so there was no real "eternity" or "before".
Desire does not necessitate need. And perfection/completeness does not necessarily exclude desire. Perfection is indeed outside of our experience, which means we are unable to determine its necessary components. This is similar to the rock he can't move question. Perhaps perfection includes expansion--i.e. perfect joy/love seeks to express itself through creation. This is reflected in man--intense joy wants to bubble over toward others, intense love wants to express itself. How much more would perfect joy by its very nature seek to express itself.
Most Christian doctrine assumes God has no need of us, but we give Him pleasure by our existence. The ability to receive pleasure does not require an preexisting emptiness it can fill.
Your basic assumptions are correct but you have to venture into the realm of emotion, and out of solid concepts like perfection, in order to determine motives for a creative God.
2006-08-17 11:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Kala 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don´t try to understand God by reasoning. Your brains will get a knot, for God isn´t reason - God is conscience.
"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him." ( I Corinthians 1:27-29)
2006-08-17 10:51:45 · answer #6 · answered by Bliss 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was nothing before creation. God didn't just create matter, energy and space; he also created time!
One of my favorite preachers says "Once upon a time, there was a time when there was no time". I know, really strange, but we know that time is a physical property, and was therefore a product of God's creation.
2006-08-17 10:48:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mojo buddy! Bliss has a good answer for you and it leads you right back to the bible that you obviously LOVE to read. You are coming out of that closet buddy and doing a FINE job. Keep asking questions so you can continue to learn, and HEY....
we'll keep praying for ya!
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html
2006-08-17 13:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by green93lx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first living being to be born into the heaven is called God in human usage. Because heavenly beings are thought-based, that is, what they think they manifest, this first being (God) thought he created everything after him, including earth and its subsequent inhibitants.
The rest of what you opinionated is large acceptable concepts.
2006-08-17 10:53:25 · answer #9 · answered by SK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God did create everything and for our own good if we chose to believe in him as the one and only God. He loves everyone but unfortunately not everyone loves him. I don't think it is for us to know what he was doing.
2006-08-17 10:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by Linda R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe He was recovering after the deception of the Armaggedon before Big Bang
2006-08-17 10:49:38 · answer #11 · answered by mbestevez 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋