If nothing starts from nothing what created the creator?

Answer 1

Simple - there was no creator.
If life on earth was so unlikely, then surely, a creator is that much MORE unlikely. This is the fundamental flaw of the creationist theory.
Look at the EVIDENCE people.
And if anyone below answers 'but the human eye is so intricately designed, it must have been intelligently desgined by a creator' ignore them.
No, the human eye is so intricate because it has been developed through trial and error over millions of years to be the well functioning piece of work it is today. If it was intelligently designed, surely, we would be able to see infra red spectrum also for better night vision. We would be able to see far greater distances and maybe it would have a natty zoom function.
No, if there was a cretor designing this incredibly improbable life, then surely, by their own admission, this creator is even more unlikely than we are. At which point, the creationist theory implodes. However unlikely evolution was to bring us to this point, a divine creator is that much more unfeasible.

Answer 2

It's just something that happens sometimes!

Actually, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle predicts it happens and exactly how often (we just haven't worked out the equations yet). Nature abhors a vacuum and virtual particles are constantly being created and destroyed without affecting the universe's energy balance. Sometimes it just happens on a larger scale.

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If there is a creator then what created the creator? Without a creator there could be no creator! If the creator was not created then there is no creator. You might ask,'How can there be creation without a creator?' Well that's a very "human" thing to ask. Maybe our universe is NOT a creation!

Answer 3

If there is such a thing as a "creator".

Fact is there's no way we can know such answers at this point in time. Is there a god? How did everything start? What happens after we die?

But simply saying, "God did it all", is worse than not knowing. Because it gets you to stop searching for answers. It makes people content with not understanding. And most important, it simply doesn't make sense. Well what made god then? And it goes on and on.

Only thing we must understand is that all these other human beings on earth think and feel just like us. So it's important to treat everyone as you'd like to be treated. To have an open mind and be compassionate and empathetic towards others.

Having said that, religion is a dead end. It really limits your mind's potential and there is no good reason for it.

Most people are simply religious for the 'social' aspect. And that's fine. You don't have to come right out and say you're an Atheist if it'll cause problems. It's like being gay, it's your life, you tell who you want. But don't lie to yourself, that's most important. Let yourself think rationally and feel free to discuss ideas with other people but maybe not at church or to your parents(if they're extremists).

Answer 4

You presume that there is a creator,which has no logical basis.Does it then matter as to who created a thing which may or may not be there[exist]?You can't use logic to say that nothing starts from nothing and extend it to an imaginary situation.

Answer 5

Some interesting answers already up on this one. But what you've got here are really two premises, both of which deserve some challenging:

Firstly, that nothing comes from nothing -

Whilst it's true that in all practical senses that everyday humans can comprehend, it's true that nothing comes from nothing. However, as we explore the universe and its strangeness, increasingly its seems that, actually, there something can, in fact, come from nothing. A classic case in point is "vacuum energy" - a property of total vacuum predicted by string theory that may serve to explain how the very tiniest components of matter interact.

I won't bore you with details that I only scarcely comprehend myself, so we'll go on to the creation of the creator.

Actually, you don't need to go to religion to explain this question at all. Physicists tied it up decades ago with such convincing finality that I'm surprised the question ever comes up any more.

You see, time is not a property separate from matter but something integral to our universe. Space and time are so tightly interwoven in the laws that govern our existence that it gave rise to the term "spacetime": this isn't just a convention of science fiction, but the very fabric of our being. The implications of this - to a physicist - are endlessly fascinating. A good example of the interrelationship of space, matter and time can be seen in the Special Theory of Relativity that predicts the effects of a body approaching the speed of light: not only does it gain in mass as it gains velocity, it also undergoes a local reduction in the objective passage of time: the faster you move, the slower time passes for you.

The implications of this to the theologian are that the question of "before" creation becomes moot. If we accept - as most rational Christians do - that the point of creation can be traced to the Big Bang moment then there is no "before" that point. Just as matter and space came into being at that point, so did time.

We can - and many physicists spend entire careers doing so - cut the moments immediately after Big Bang into small and smaller slices, examining what waves, particles and matter can be said to have come into being at what millisecond or nanosecond *after* the zero-moment, but no amount of study can look past that moment, because there is no past to look into.

So if we accept the premise of a creator - I do, but I understand that plenty of people don't (most of them seem to have posted before me!) - then we don't, then, need to also account for a creator of the creator. An omnipotent God, if he exists, is not subject to spacetime, even now that it exists. He - or she, depending on your preference - exists in a constant, uninterrupted and perpetual stream that always IS.

Actually, if you'll forgive me straying into Biblical territory, it was summed up pretty well by the Big Guy himself when he told Moses "I AM". Jesus of Nazareth underlined the point when he said "Before Abraham and Moses, I AM".

Answer 6

No one and no thing created the Creator. He is, was, and always will be. He created everything from nothing. He spoke it and it came into being.

Answer 7

Occam's Razor states that the answer is the one that has the least path of Resistance. So for a being capable of creating the universe is more unlikely of the universe being created.

Answer 8

If everything needs a creator, then who or what created God?



This question is logically problematic. If everything needs a creator, than no matter what exists, it must have been created. Furthermore, to be created means that someone or something had to create it. But then, who created the creator and so on? Logically, this would mean there would be an infinite regression of creators and we would never be able to find the first, uncaused cause since, by definition (the questions says that "everything needs a creator") there wouldn't be any uncaused cause. This would mean that the sequence of creations is eternal. But, if it exists that there is an eternal regression of creators, then who created the infinite regression of creators? Remember, the question presupposes that all things need a creator -- even the eternal sequence of creators -- which becomes logically absurd. Furthermore, if there is an eternal regression of creators that are eternal, then the question is not answered. In fact, it cannot be answered since it weakness is that "all things need a creator." Of course, this only begs the question in that how did the process begin? Therefore, the question only raises the same problem it asks and it is a question that, by its own design, cannot be answered. Therefore, it is invalid.
The question is better phrased as a statement: "Everything that has come into existence, was brought into existence by something else." This is a more logical statement and is not wrought with the difficulties of the initial question. In the revised statement "Everything that has come into existence," implies that the thing that "has come into existence" did not already exist. If it did not already exist but then came into existence, then something had to bring it into existence because something that does not exist cannot bring itself into existence (a logical absolute). This pushes the regression of creators back to what we would call the theoretical "uncaused cause" since there cannot be an infinite regression of creators as discussed above and since in infinite number of creators would mean there was an infinite number of creations and created things including things that cannot be destroyed since they would constitute things that exist. If that is so, then the universe would have had an infinite number of created things in it and it would be full. But it is not full. Therefore, there has not been an infinite regression of creations.
By definition, the Christian God never came into existence; that is, He is the uncaused cause (Psalm 90:2). He was always in existence and He is the one who created space, time, and matter. This means that the Christian God is the uncaused cause and is the ultimate creator. This eliminates the infinite regression problem.
But some may ask, "But who created God?" But the answer is that by definition He is not created; He is eternal. He is the One who brought time, space, and matter into existence. Since the concept of causality deals with space, time, and matter, and since God is one who brought space, time, and matter into existence, the concept of causality does not apply to God since it is something related to the reality of space, time, and matter. Since God is before space, time, and matter, the issue of causality does not apply to Him.

Answer 9

There is no creator. We only have guesses how the universe began and in another 100 years, we will surely discover those are not correct in their entirety.

Answer 10

Imagination starts with nothing and builds a story. I hope this helps.