2007-01-01 11:08:28 · 23 answers · asked by Chase 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What was he doing before he was planning it?
2007-01-01 11:16:07 · update #1
And this is a serious! No jokes please
2007-01-01 11:17:39 · update #2
God does not depend on time and space. He and His creation exists eternally without beginning or end. Man's knowledge about the universe is still very little now.
Individual created things in the physical plane depend on time and space, while the world of creation and the world of revelation are unchanged.
2007-01-01 11:19:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I like the version in the Vedanta:
The universe has always been here, but on a 'now you see it, now you don't' basis. While in an active phase we have the universe as we know it. During the passive phase all the material of the universe is contained, (and I quote - as near as I can remember it - from a three thousand year-old text), in "a tiny point, so small that it cannot be seen."
When an active phase starts again the material explodes out and the whole business starts over again. Reminiscent of the 'Big Bang.'
These active and passive phases are called the In-breathings and Out-breathings of Brahm. (Brahm being the neuter creation force of the universe. Not a Him but an It.)
The universe is not a creation but an expression, a gesture, of God, in the same way that a fist is an expression of a hand.
So, during the passive phases Brahm just IS. In the active phase, well, It acts.
Does that appeal?
2007-01-02 04:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a concept, not a reality as believed in all religions. It is the word we use to explain the prime mover in the universe. As yet we don't know what preceded the existence of the current universe. Isn't it all wonderful, interesting, captivating and inspiring?
On a lighter note, I think he was commuting to work for about 60 billion years, then he grabbed a coffee before setting to work on the (present) universe.
2007-01-01 19:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to tradition, He had a bit of a unpleasantness with his head angel: a certain guy called Lucifer.
You know how long these civil wars can drag on. Especially before time is invented....
For a viewpoint from somebody who takes the subject extremely seriously, read Milton's Paradise Lost. Its probably more informed than any answer you will read here.
2007-01-01 11:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by 13caesars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the old texts, there was a battle and the old gods were cast down. Sounds like an advanced civilization was destroyed. I see a pattern of behavior developing here.
2007-01-01 11:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by vaughndhume 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious, simplistic answer is ... He was planning it !!!
P.S. And ... NO !!! ... He wasn't having coffee with Elvis at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City !!!
2007-01-01 11:12:30 · answer #6 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tidying up after the last Universe he created and screwed up
2007-01-01 11:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
He ran a newsagents in the a small market town in Norfolk
2007-01-01 11:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My answer is also serious:
Dont you think that the only (the SOLE) creature to answer this question is DOG, oh pardon me, GOD? But then, you cant ask him because he doesnt exist. Right? RIGHT..
2007-01-02 10:23:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you honestly think that someone on Yahoo Answers know this? He was probably making heaven for the dead people or making beans on toast!
2007-01-01 11:12:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋