who created God? and be serious.?

Question

The atheist Bertrand Russell wrote in his book "Why I am Not a Christian" that if it is true that all things need a cause then God must also need a cause. He concluded from this that if God needed a cause then God was not God (and if God is not God then of course there is no God). This was basically a slightly more sophisticated form of the childlike question, "Who made God?" Even a child knows that things do not come from nothing, so if God is a "something" then He must have a cause as well, right?



The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then asks where that might be. The answer is that the question does not even make sense. It is like asking, "What does blue smell like?" Blue is not in the category of things that have odor, so the question itself is flawed. In the same way, God is not in the category of things that are created, or come into existence, or are caused. God is uncaused and uncreated - He simply exists.



How do we know this? Well, we know that from nothing, nothing comes. So if there was ever a time when there was absolutely nothing in existence then nothing would have ever come to exist. But things do exist. Therefore, since there could never have been absolutely nothing, something had to have always been existing. That ever-existing thing is what we call God.

Answer 1

Fear and ignorance created God.

Answer 2

Yes,Bertrand Russell had very interesting thoughts on the subject of a ever-existent God.
But, you touched on the point that I always bring up when it comes to this question of "Who made God?"

You said "that the question does not even make sense."
It's not that it doesn't make sense. It's that it is asked in accordance to finite human logic.

How can the finite ever comprehend the infinite?

Answer 3

Existence (and God) are definitely the most mysterious things to contemplate. Followed closely by life and consciousness. Why, why, why...?

Even when I have a bad day, I can't help but feel my being here (for a few short decades out of an eternity) is a gift.

Answer 4

In response to Russel's atheist comment, I would redirect you to St. Anselm's (i believe it was his ontological argument, potentially the most outrageous, because it makes perfect sense, philosophical statement of all time) proof on the existence of God. I wouldn't do it justice if i analyzed it here! And since your question seems a LOT like an answer unto itself, here is another question-answer: if God exists, what is to be said about Him/Her/Whatever? Point being, what HUMANS believe about God changes all the time. 5,000 years go people in Sumer believed that their priestess was the living representative of the goddess Inana on the Earth. Today, Catholics believe that the Pope is Christ's apostle on the Earth. Point being, are you asking about who created God as an IDEA, or whether did God exist before anyone else could form up any ideas about God's identity? In the first case, God, in a minimalistic fashion, was created the very first time a human being felt awe about something he or she could not understand, but had enough awareness just to ATTEMPT to understand it (and failing, of course) , like fire or a bolt of lightning, or a seemingly inexplicable escape from a predator (which could be the result of some protective, higher Power's aid, perhaps?) Thus, the answer shall be buried forever somewhere in prehistoric times, in some proto-Human's long-turned-to-dust mind! In the second case, given that Time as a concept of cause and effect has meaning only within the boundaries of a single universe, i would redirect you to the theories regarding parallel universes. Point being? What you and I could crudely call 'Point Zero' in time (i.e., crudely again, the Big Bang) is where Time for us starts. But if this is one of infinite universes, then something either within ANOTHER Universe, or an unfathomable area/dimension/whatever OUTSIDE all Universes led to the birth of our own...all relativisms break down! Foolish Human notions like 'before' and 'after' become meaningless in such a cosmic arena. As for 'nothing comes out of nothing', how do you explain an infinitesimal cosmic seed of infinite temperature transforming into an entire Universe as we know it today? Sure, you can say 'everything that exists now, billions of galaxies, energy (and dark matter and dark energy and LIFE), WERE inside that tiny thing that blew up! But does it feel satisfactory? Must we conjure up a God to explain how the magnficent cosmos around us came to be? Or we can be cold and say 'it just happened, everything is the result of chaotic occurence'. However, it all comes down to whether God exists. If God doesn't exist, God shall go on NOT existing, regardless of what we believe. If God DOES exist, then it doesn't matter if every human being in the world becomes an atheist...God WILL continue existing. Thus, the occasional newsmagazine article having in its cover phrases like 'Is God Dead?' is not just innacurate- its preposterous! Sure, we can create and read and believe a thousand different theories about the existence (or not) of God. But you can't truly PROVE it to someone else. It all comes down to whether one has Faith-or not. Take your pick, man!

Answer 5

Very neat. But where, from that, can we derive the concept of an intelligent creator? God may have been something and then ceased to exist. God may have been the catylyst and then failed to have a further impact. Let's face the fact that we are simply doomed not to know.

Answer 6

Adam and Eve have been the 1st actual human beings. that they had a ton of little ones - outdoors the backyard of Eden. no person ever back to the backyard of Eden. They could no longer because of the fact 2 angels have been guarding it lest they eat from the tree of existence and be perpetually caught in a fallen state of being. even though it became into after the autumn while they began having little ones. Cain's spouse became into additionally his sister. He had many to compliment between. Genesis would not point out them because of the fact it focuses in on a extra significant component of the scriptures as an entire - the covenant God had made with Adam and mankind after the autumn. the story of Cain and in a position talks approximately that covenant and distinctive alternatives they made. It does no longer propose the ladies human beings of their lives weren't significant. yet Cain had many to compliment between. bear in strategies, they have been all residing an fantastically long term back then using earth's distinctive circumstances.The layer that became into around the earth stored the intense concentrations of oxygen in and the suns risky rays out. They have been residing one hundred and 100s of years back then. So Cain would have married while he became into one hundred years previous. He had a superb type of sisters or perhaps nieces to compliment between.

Answer 7

Grog of the Cave Bear Clan in the Year 35,563 BC created the concept of gods, goddesses, angels, demons, heaven and hell to keep the members of his tribe in line...

But seriously, the first appearance of ceremonial burials first appeared in the Upper Paleolithic Period, the time most anthropolists believe that belief in the afterlife and super natural entities first appeared among homo sapiens...

Answer 8

which God?

in my opinion..

God, as christians speak of him, was created after life on Earth was created.

as to what existed before life, we do not know - therefore some people refer to this as 'god' but not in a literal sense, simply to put a name to the unknown

Answer 9

Though no one can prove or disprove God's existence, our history reveals the unmistakable footprints of something greater than man.





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Answer 10

Your sneaky.....and I like it. A good question and a good answer all in one and you got people to read a little bit of truth....and here's hoping that who ever takes the time to read what you posted will really consider what you said before they send you a nasty reply.

Answer 11

we are finite and our human brain cannot accept anything which has no beginning and no end. God is infinite and has always been, and will always be. No one or thing made God He has always been.
He made the world from nothing.
Where I live children are taught at an early age the above in scripture and in teaching, and they believe it. It is true.
The fool shall say 'there is no God".