If god is all powerful, could he destroy himself and allow mankind to continue without him?

Question

The answer I would think is obvious.

The following question would be "How do you know he hasn't?"

Well, thats about what I expected. Thank you all for answering.

Answer 1

god is and always will be!

Answer 2

God is not all-powerful. All you have to do is ask about, oh, say the 10 Commandments. They are the moral foundation of all western God-centered religions.

Is a commandment moral because it is right? If so, then God obeys a higher law.

Is a commandment moral simply because God said it is so? If so, then God created a capricious and arbitrary system, which is flawed.

The following question . . . Well, there are many, many 'primitive' (i.e., pre-Christian) religions which believe in a more or less (mostly less) anthropomorphic spirit overseeing the world. The actual supreme creator, according to these religions, has simply moved across creation to make other worlds.

Answer 3

How do I know "he" hasn't?

If we are to find an answer that we can all agree on, would it not be important to start from the same beginning so that we may venture down the same path rather than go or be led astray(If there is such a thing)?

The answer cannot be obvious except to all those who read your question and think to or actually do know what this "God" is. (The God your question refers to)

So, in order for us to all proceed together, we must first define God, or at least find a definition that is incontravertable. Allow me to pretend this can be done using my mind and make it so, since my answering of your question depends on it.

God: That which is responsible for the creation of everything and as such could not itself have been created.

Can we all agree on this or have you somthing in mind?

Okay I am going to pretend that we are prepared to proceed.

So God being the "creator" of everything implies that a creation took place and that, prior to that creation there was no creation.

In order for a creation to take place, there would have to be somewhere to put it, yet at this point we have no creation and no place to put one. All we have is "God".

"God" would have to had created nothing within itself in order to have somewhere to create everything. Would that not be so?

Wouldn't this creation of nothing within "God" not cause a displacement of "God"? Without anywhere other then within the creation of nothing, within "God" could this displacement take place. Sound resonable?

Something is calling me elsewhere so I must be brief.

I am left to assume that everything is of "God" including mankind and therefore where man exists then so must "God" as mankind is of and lies within the nothingness of "God".

Answer 4

well, there is a school of thought that God created the universe to be self-sustaining , and now he no longer interferes with the natural order of things. It is called Deism, and it was the religion of most of the founding fathers, including Thomas Jefferson

Then your next question would be irrelevent, since there would be no way to know if God is still around.

Of course, there is the logical fallacy of the notion of omnipotence: can he kill himself? if yes, then he is not all powerful, since he can die. If no, then his power has a limit, and therefore he is not all powerful.

Answer 5

Um, since God has existed since before the beginning of time, AND His presence dwells the entire span of the Universe...your question is sadly inept, irrelevant. The very fact that the earth is suspended in just the right location with no hard scientific evidence for its suspension is proof God sustains life. Of course, no! Man would burn up in an instant.

Answer 6

God can do what He wants do, however it would be conflicting with His word if He does; and because God is not a God of confusion, then He Won't! Numbers 23:19
says "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" Speaking that God will neither repent for something he did, My answer would be a No!

Answer 7

We wouldn't exist without God, so why would someone who is perfect, allow an imperfect being to exist without him? He could simply start over, and make a better being, one after the other. The question is a yes, but when you ask WOULD HE, the answer is NO.

Answer 8

The think I would is answer obvious. The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative. If a God can not Judge His Self firstly, then He is not a God. I have found no fault in my self; it did seem logical to do so.

Answer 9

Yes, but I don't see why he would want to, being all-loving as well.

I don't know everything about God, but I trust what I'm told and what makes sense to me. You have to trust SOMETHING in order to survive, even if it's just your physical senses--and if you think about it, that's a pretty big leap. If it's reasonable to believe what a bunch of cells interacting in your brain is telling you, then it can't be too idiotic to believe your life means something to the universe.

Answer 10

If you assume God is all powerful, you would assume he wouldn't want to destroy himself. What would be the point. He would be drunk on power and want to stay that way. The only thing I hope is that he teaches humanity his power and they decide they no longer need him!

Answer 11

Not exactly. If God were to destroy himself, we would all cease to exist. Reality wold stop. I don't know if God can be destroyed though, he is not like you and me. He can't be "damaged" and is not made of "material." But, I suppose God can do anything.