if god created the universe, who or what created god? (serious answers please)
did he/she just happen into being?
2006-09-20 02:54:19 · 22 answers · asked by captainivan118 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God, I will use this term as it seems the popular name for it, is a mass of energy. The big bang theory and all that. It's not an he/she. It's an energy created over millions of years that has floated around the solar system and with this energy (back to the big bang theory) came the planets including earth.
2006-09-20 03:08:02 · answer #1 · answered by Tabbyfur aka patchy puss 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These types of questions involve space and time, and probably dimensions outside of our concepts. They make my head spin. If it's not "God" (for those who don't believe in God) then it's the nature of the universe... what was here before the big bang? How long was it there? What was before it? Where did matter come from? And now, what are the limits of space? What's on the other side? How far does it go? If there is an end to time and the universe ceases to exist, where does it go and what happens next? My brain can't fathom these questions. I can't comprehend "infinite." Once humanity ceases to exist, the universe will go on. Go on into what? For what purpose? What is it anyway?
I need an asparin. I quit trying to think about it long ago, but every once in awhile I'll go there and make my head spin. The origins and nature of God is boggling to me, and the expanse and origins of the universe is the atheist equivalent of the same questions asked about God's time and space. Both make my head hurt!
2006-09-20 10:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that in balance, the evidence weighs in most heavily on the side of naturalistic explanations for the existence of the universe and life... and I think that that Creationists have introduced a fatal flaw in their 'Intelligent Design' arguments, by asserting that the 'complexity' of creation demands a 'creator'.
The main argument for a creator seems to be 'complexity'; i.e., something as complex as the universe and the earth and life must have a creator... it is the only thing that makes sense. But, if you think about it (Christians are not renowned for their critical thinking ability), it makes no sense at all.
The argument implies that a complex creation requires that the creator must be more complex than the creation... otherwise, the creator would have been unable to create it. But IF complexity requires a more complex creator, THEN the fact of the creator's complexity means that it must also have been created. Remember, according to this argument, complexity cannot arise by itself. That being the case, then, we end up with an infinite regression... creation... creator... creation... creator... creation... creator... creation... creator... creation... creator... etc... ad infinitum... ad nauseum.
That, of course, is impossible... and thus, so is the concept of a creator... IF the argument for a creator is predicated on 'complexity'.
The simple observable fact, though, is that complexity arises from simplicity, in accordance with elementary natural rules.
Interested parties should look up "self-organizing complex systems".
2006-09-20 09:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can only partially comprehend the notion of God's existence. To do so, we must use human concepts to speak of God: "without beginning or end"; "eternal"; "infinite", etc. The Bible says that He has always existed: " . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psalm 90:2). And, "Your throne is established from of old; Thou art from everlasting" (Psalm 93:2). Quite simply, God has no beginning and no end. So, where did God come from? He didn't. He always was.
To us, the notion of time is linear. One second follows the next, one minute is after another. We get older, not younger and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. We have all seen the time lines on charts: early time is on the left and later time is on the right. We see nations, people's lives, and plans mapped out on straight lines from left to right. We see a beginning and an end. But God is "beyond the chart." He has no beginning or end. He simply has always been.
Also, physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter. Time exists when matter exists. Time has even been called the fourth dimension. But God is not matter. In fact, God created matter. He created the universe.
So, time began when God created the universe. Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him. Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place. Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God. God is even beyond eternity.
Eternity is a term that we finite creatures use to express the concept of something that has no end -- and/or no beginning. Since God has no beginning or end, He has no beginning. This is because He is outside of time.
2006-09-20 09:56:57 · answer #4 · answered by heresyhunter@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We wouldn't know. Now - there are two possibilities - either things exist or nothing exists. Things exist. You then have to decide if they were created by God or not. And by the way, NO-ONE - however serious or intense or sincere they may appear on here - KNOWS FOR SURE that God exists; it is a matter of faith
2006-09-20 10:13:33 · answer #5 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the universe created God. bit of a paradox huh? But then that depends on what God you belive in and what you believe God is.
2006-09-20 10:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by tarri 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The majority of theists will claim that god has always existed. It's safer however to assume that the universe has always existed, since we have proof that the universe exists and no evidence whatsoever that any god exists.
2006-09-20 09:57:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If God was created, He would not be God.
2006-09-20 10:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by G3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god didnt need to be created he already exsit he was the one who made the earth do you just stop and think like this couldnt just be made by it self its not man made some body with powers had to make this. God is the maker of everyting and the guider of light. So god wasnt made he was just always there.
2006-09-20 10:17:15 · answer #9 · answered by lovable lady 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Either way, you need an initiator for existence. Theists assert this is deity. Atheists assert that it is an, as of yet, unknown law of physics. Agnostics shrug and wait until we are actually equipped to ask the question in the first place.
2006-09-20 10:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋