Creation of the World and how it really began?

Question

Allright so heres the thing, I'm a Christian but I have questions I need answered, or tried at least. The response doesn't have to be Christian...

If God created the world and the universe etc, who created God and who created the person who created God etc..

If it was the big bang, what caused the big bang to begin...where did the particles begin.

Does anyone have any other actual good answers?
Thanks :)

Answer 1

These questions cant be answered. I also have asked this as well, but not here. Perhaps God came from a planet from an entirely different universe and the planet was filled with gods. We got a God. There was only so many so only the planets that got a god has/have life on them.

There's a chance I might be wrong but whatever.
Im Catholic.

Answer 2

The best explanation I've heard is this:

The cosmic all consists of +1 dimensions. Current theory suggests that there may be 11. If this is correct, then a 12th dimension collapsed into the other 11 as a point. Why? Because, regardless of how many dimesion we finally determine, +1 is required and it is an unstable number. The mass of the point was such that the other dimensions could not support it and there was an explosion that birthed the universe and the five basic forces. These forces acted upon the strings of energy to form bits of matter that coalesced into larger units under the influence of gravity. This was the first cycle in the universe. Others came later which created the solar system and eventually, the Earth.

Life either came to our world or began on our world. Given current observations of the matter in the universe, it most likely came to this planet. And that is how it all began.

Answer 3

A valid question no doubt. As a child I was lucky enough to be dragged to a holy rollin, sin repenting, talkin in tongues, guilt and shame fest at a Pentecostal church, by a wild pack of Baptists, (my family) and, well I did not get any of it. Zip. Thought they had all lost their ever lovin mind! All I wanted to know about was atoms, molecules, galaxies, how big is the smallest piece of matter that one can measure before it is nothing? What is light? A wave or a particle? How fast does it travel? Please help me understand gravity? Why do I float out of my body sometimes at night and see myself sleeping? These kinds of questions plagued me. But what kind of answers did I get?(I was nine) "You get down on your knees and plead the blood of Jesus and take him as your personal savior or else! Then you repeat over and over, get out of my heart devil!" What does that all mean? I was lucky because I knew I did not want to be like that, so full of fear! It is blinding!
An open thought system can entertain a variety of new ideas, possibilities, creation stories, as there are many from different parts of the globe, so I say stay open. Read read read! Stay curious and full of wonder about this grand mystery, enjoy the journey even if you don't know all the right answers yet. I am convinced that ridding ourselves of fear is the main obstacle here. Then the nasty byproducts, hate and mistrust can dissolve and a new found freedom will be ours. Bliss. Get to this point in the game and everything else is a breeze....... some books to expand your thinking,
The Urantia Book, A Course In Miracles, A Brief History of Time, Peaceful Warrior, The Universe And Dr. Einstein,
Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success, .

Answer 4

First, lets set the record straight, both creation and evolution are theories of origins. Neither can it be proven empirically because no Human Being was there to witness the event. Secondly, science is an empirical discipline which demands tangible evidence, neither can produce it. however, there is evidence that exists from events of history; in particular the fossil record. This record first demonstrates that all the remains of animals perished rapidly, that is the method in which a fossil is formed, rapidly. The rock strata also shows that all the fossils are identified as specific species, no intermediary forms, which flies in the face of evolution. The question of cause is this: There couldn't have been an infinite series of contingent causes, because an infinite number of events cannot be transversed. If you don't believe me try counting the numbers and see if you ever transverse counting all the numbers. There had to be a sufficient necessary cause, this would be God. The Big Bang is a contingent cause and is not itself and uncaused cause. An intelligent being must bring in order, because order never has and never will arise out of chaos randomly. Only intelligence, if you don't believe me try this on a messy room. Just let it alone and see if order arises out of chaos with no external influences. The only sufficient reason for this universe is God. His denial leaves one in a quagmire with no good answers.

Answer 5

Where did this god live, if a god created the universe, what did the god live in and what would we call it?

As you note, if a god did or does exist, what created this god? Does the god have parents? Did the god hatch? Did the god experience any other methods of procreation? Did the god simply appear out of nothing one day in the same way that people describe the Big Bang.

Gestalt and Systems thinking offers a better insight into the interactions of all things in the universe.

Answer 6

A hard question, and one that must consider time in its answer. IF you believe in a higher being, we can start with the assumption that they can manipulate and create matter, and if they can do that they must be able to also manipulate time(there is a logic in that but it's complicated). To manipulate something you must exist in some part outside of it. So the higher being lives outside of at least OUR time and OUR matter. Once time and matter can be created and manipulated, then the question becomes a little bit easier. That being, if he was created, was created outside of our timeline, and therefore everything that happens to him or he does is irrelevant to us while on Earth. If that is true it is not irrational, although nor is it definite, to assume that he has "always"(it's hard to say always when talking about a separate timeline) existed. Is it possible that, outside of a timeline, you can just exist? Possibly.

I do not have an atheistic explanation for where the particles of matter came from.

Answer 7

This is more easily understandable if one considers the actual scale of the components of an atom. If one takes into account the fact that the neutrons, protons and electrons of an atom actually have huge spaces between them it becomes clear that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are made up of 99+ percent empty space.

This alone does not seem too important till you add the idea that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are more of a loose conglomeration that share a similar attraction but never really touch each other.

At first glance this does not really seem relevant, but closer analysis reveals that this adds a tremendous amount of empty space to solid objects that are already made up of atoms that are 99 percent space. When so-called solid objects are seen in this light it becomes apparent that they can in no way be the seemingly solid objects they appear to be.

We ourselves are not exceptions to this phenomenon.

These seemingly solid objects are more like ghostly images that we interpret as solid objects based on our perceptual conclusions.

From this we must conclude that Perception is some sort of a trick that helps us to take these ghostly images and turn them into a world we can associate and interact with. This clever device seems to be a creation of our intellect that enables us to interact with each other in what appears to be a three dimensional reality.

I hope that helps to answered your question.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 8

I think what you said here is a biggie -- "who created God...?" It seems your concept of god is very grounded and literal, and I think that's where all your answers spring from.

From what I understand, I know the way a lot of people go about addressing these huge questions, while still attaining a sense of balance between them and their understanding of god/religion, is by changing their perception of god.

What I mean is, if you're looking to want to be at peace with having such huge, unanswerable questions, it's much easier if you're understanding of god is not a literal/physical/graspable one, but a figurative/unimaginable/inconceivable one. One who isn't created, because he is creation. One who isn't destroyed, because he is destruction. An idea, rather than a man. If that makes sense.

I'm not trying to convince you to change your perception, but it's important to understand that the reason you have these questions is because you're attempting to find answers that many believe should not and could not be found.

Answer 9

Why does there always have to be a beginning or an end? Our human minds are really so small in comparison to the universe I doubt anyone could adequately answer this question - we can only speculate. Ours not to reason why ours but to do and die.

Answer 10

Start with the 'particles.' Read Chemist William Day's theories.