2007-02-24 10:36:06 · 15 answers · asked by [quarantine] 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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.
2007-02-24 14:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
no one. Without time there does not have to be a beginning. Sounds un believable but it works if you skip over that apparently illogical beginning and example how the story unfolds from there. The story told in the Bible if you read it correctly will answer all the usual questions asked by humans. Since there are so many answers under this belief system than any others there appears the weight of logical evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the Bible story.
2007-02-24 10:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
FINALLY! Someone amongst the list of answers got it right. Humankind created god to do three things: explain the unexplainable, control the masses, and to help tell the story of a culture.
2007-02-24 12:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by rheinwoodaa 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God's self existence is His essence , His essence is existence.God is by definition the necessary self existent one uncaused cause, if you think long and hard enough this will become clear to you, if you just scratch the surface it will not. Faith requires intelligence, doubt ignorance. That is like asking what is the answer to the answer.
First you must understand that God is not the earth and not equal to it and so the same questions do not apply and therefore should not be asked of them. By ontological definition the earth requires a creator while by definiton the Divine does not .
2007-02-24 10:43:24 · answer #4 · answered by Socinian F 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Oye. If something created God then he is not God. God must be infinite and supernatural. If a physical component created him, then he is not supernatural. If he had a "beginning" then he is not infinite.
2007-02-24 10:53:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question. Keep asking these questions.
If you postulate god must have always existed, why not postulate that the universe must have always existed as well?
If you postulate that god is unknowable, why not postulate that the universe is also unknowable?
The scales fall from the eyes of those who question.
2007-02-24 10:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by CC 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
To a mind of flesh this is not to be understood. You won't comprehend it. Science won't comprehend it. MIT, UCLA, YALE, HARVARD, PRINCETON, NOTRE DAME, ect... None of these institutions will explain it to you. If you want to come close to understanding it, then become as a child and just believe.
2007-02-24 10:44:16 · answer #7 · answered by Jimguyy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God did created the earth and God has been here forever. and will always will be here forever and ever. its that simple.
2007-02-24 10:38:39 · answer #8 · answered by mamas_grandmasboy06 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
The God of the Bible is Eternal. He is infinite. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He always was, is and always will be. This is difficult for our teeny, tiny, little minds to comprehend, especially those who think they know it all.
2007-02-24 10:40:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
He was not created because he is the creator. He already existed, he has always been, and will always be. He is eternal.
2007-02-24 10:41:01 · answer #10 · answered by Yenlys h 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋