Which is the greater mystery?

Question

Which is the greater mystery, Where did God come from, or, Why/How did sin enter the universe?

I didn't want to be too specific in the question because there are so many different perspectives on God and sin. I am surprised, however, at the number of people who think sin began with Adam and Eve. I didn't even consider than. The sin I was thinking about was the sin that spawned in Lucifers heart as he stood next to the throne of God leading the heavenly choir. That is why I asked, " Why/how did sin enter the universe?" not just earth.

Answer 1

God always existed, so he didn't just "come" from anywhere. And, sin entered the universe as a result of Satan, a fallen angel, trying to make himself like God (That's what I'm told, I don't personally know it).

Answer 2

The human mind can't comprehend the beginning, because God was already here, and it's so mind boggling to me that he's been here forever, it's how powerful he is, so it twists your mind up quite a bit. He made everything, and yes, he made Satan, along with all the other angels. I'll tell you about Satan.

Now sin, sin entered the universe because of the devil. Read Revelations and you'll find a whole lot about the devil, and the end of this world to come. Satan is a fallen angel, he was trying to become God, and tried to be more powerful than Him, well that's impossible, so God sent Mr. Devil to Earth where later, when God made man (and woman) the devil tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, well from there, Adam did the same, and that's where sin came to be. In the beginning. That's how, now why? Well, God gave us the freedom of choice. With that said, you can do whatever in the world you want, BUT you can get consequences following your actions or you can be praised for your actions. They CHOSE to sin, and disobey God, so he punished them for the actions, with death, woman with the pain during labor, and man having to till the weeds of the field, and crush the head of the snake the tempted us. The devil continues to temp us, and by our actions depends on what we do with out life, will you fall to sin all the time, or try to be the best person you can be. Yea, you'll sin, no doubt about it, even a minister and preacher sins, but they do help us understand the Word better. Only one person's perfect, and that was Jesus, and died because sin was born into the world, but once Jesus comes back for us, we won't have to worry about win anymore. Hope that helps a bit, and hope I didn't confuse you more, and I hope that I answered the question.

Answer 3

I think where God came from because no one knows. Anyone who says they know, is a huge liar! They have just commited a sin! I belive sin first started with Satan & all the other use-to-be angels. They were the first ones at that time to sin against God. Well, in the bible it said that original sin was started after the sin of Adam & Eve. Key word original.

Answer 4

Your first mystery is nonsensical. It's like asking if Yogi Bear and Boo Boo are gay because it assumes facts not in evidence. In order for god to have come from somewhere, he would have to, a priori, exist, and that is not a hard fact, regardless of what you or those of religious persuasion choose to believe. Your second mystery is a bit more interesting except that you limit it by definition. Yin and Yang would be a more fair approach to the question of opposites like dark and light, life and death. "Sin" connotes your own judgment and it is too homo-centric for a question involving the realm of the universe. In other words, we humans may not be all that important in all of creation. We may be totally insignificant, just another life form, a virus on the skin of the Earth. The existence of the Earth itself, however, leaving humans out of the picture entirely, may be more significant in a cosmic sense. If the Earth existed with all its myriad life forms (but without humans), it would render your "sin" question moot and of no significance, yet Earth, as Gaia, a living thing in and of itself, might have a deeper cosmic significance than you and I could ever guess.

Answer 5

I think the greater mystery is how people continue to be so niave and ask rediculious questions based on a faith that is outdated and unfounded at best.

Seriously I think that faith is all about learning how to cope with lifes aversities, and that is where god was invented from so that mystery solved, we invented something to justify our actions and redeem the thoughts that troubled us so we invented god in all his forms, budda, phophet mohammed and the christian god.

As for sinners, wake up according to your gods "rules" we all sin- so then god invented sinners because he set the rules and made them so they were easy to break...

end of day i am sure this is another waste of time becuase I will get thumbs down and no points- oh why do i bother

If believers were serious about their faith they would accept all other religions etc without doubt and live and let live people to live within their own beliefs instead of trying to convert every man woman and child. I hope that one day the world can live as one in peace and harmony but instead we live in fear and brutality all in the name of beliefs, imagine how great the world would be without such beliefs and how many lives would have been saved if beliefs did not exist, how can i possibly put any faith in any religion when they all have the blood on its hands?

Answer 6

Sin comes from the Story Adam and Eve. I think, God is not a person, it is a power in your self that can be released to do great things. Use it wisely. Many religions have the same idea but just name it different. For me the Bible is just a big story book of history, with altered truth.

Answer 7

Sin entered this world when Adam and Eve ate the Forbidden fruit. God isn't a mystery either..

Answer 8

So sin entered the universe when Adam and Eve blah blah blah

Or

Using your own book, sin began when God was created. God is an all knowing, omnipotent being. So god knew it would create Satan and still did. God knew Satan would rebel and would create hell. Since it knew Satan would create hell then it could have chosen not to create Satan. Therefore God knowingly created evil and sin.

Answer 9

Originally, God was invented by man to help him cope with all the things that he could not explain. Along the way, God and the church have served many roles, ranging from a means to control the masses to primitive counselling and meditation. Sin, was extrapolated from the invention of god and church in order to profit, control, socialise and vindicate punishment.

Neither is a big mystery. What is the mystery is how so many believe so strongly what they were indoctrinated in and totally refuse to see it's blatant lies- yet seem willing to see the same in any doctrine that they were not subjected to.

Answer 10

i would leave out the "why did sin enter the universe" and rather, ask "what is sin" , and to me, the answer is most anything can be a sin,,,, it totally depends on how its used,,, so one would have to ask, how did most anything enter the universe? so that would only leave "where did God come from",,