If God is the creator of all...Who is the creator of God?

Question

I am an Atheist who was raised to be Christian (Seventh Day Adventist) and I always wondered this. I never got a good enough answer and I often got "God doesnt want you to think about those things. It can make you go crazy". I would like to know what you think about this. Thanks! :)

Steve B, Polipino & Randy G: Sorry for beating a dead horse but it just makes me a little angry. Like I said I was raised Christian and now that I have seen the real light (About 6 months ago) I feel free but frustrated. I always had doubts and never was the type to bible beat. Sorry I just needed to vent I guess.

Oh BTW...I feel frustrated because I was told such crap and most of the people that I love are still stuck in it.

Answer 1

Revelation 1:8 states:

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty."

Alpha is the fist letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega is the last letter.

God is revealing the truth that He (or She) is eternal. He has been here from before the beginning (the alpha) and will be here after the end (the omega).

God is also with us for every step along the way.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Someone asked this question a few minutes ago today, and several times before that.

The basic answer is that since God is outside of time, then he has no beginning or ending, since both the words "beginning" and "ending" suggest the passage of time.

Since God is literally "timeless", it is meaningless to speak of when he "began", since time does not apply to him.

The universe had a beginning so it must have a cause. But God by definition does not need a cause, he is uncaused.

Philosopher William Lane Craig asks a penetrating question: “And this is not special pleading in the case of God. After all, atheists have long maintained that the universe doesn’t need a cause, because it’s eternal. How can they possibly maintain that the universe can be eternal and uncaused, yet God cannot be timeless and uncaused?”

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BTW, you don't have to be a 7th Day Adventist to believe in a god of some sort. Most other Christian denominations do not consider the 7th day church to be Christian.

Sorry to give you a hard time about a repeat question. Everyone does it.

Answer 3

God doesn't want you to think about those things, it can make you go crazy. Your parents were right. The thought is too deep. Which came first, the chicken or the egg is easier. God is like a circle, it has no beginning and has no end. Since it doesn't tell us in the bible other than to say he always existed, no human on this earth can even conceptualize his origin.

Answer 4

The Greek too challenged the "creator of G-d". To prove their point they summoned 70 Sages from during the reign of Egypt's King Ptolemy and demanded each Sage without the other translate the Bible for just the purpose of proving the "logic" of who created G-d. The Sages finished their work and each was identical saying the same thing: "G-d created the Beginning".

Answer 5

I am a Jeka too, and I have thought about the same thing, It can not be answered. Everything is based on the bible, you can believe it or choose not to believe it. I choose not to believe it because it is all just a story that has been printed for thousands of years, it is the same as scientist putting color on dinosaurs, no one was there. What came first the chicken or the egg. Some things are to be unanswered.

Answer 6

Chuck Norris

Answer 7

If you're...still doubting about God, you try to read your bible...and explore the nature...I think you'll find who God really is!
The more you experience being with God, the more you'll love Him and I'm sure you'll ask Him personally when you meet Him there!

Answer 8

God for some reason doesn't have a beginning or end...though everything HAS a beginning and an end...so does that mean that God is nothing? According to that logic, I would think so...

Answer 9

Ouch, that one'll make your head hurt! I think if we could understand the answer to that one, God would have told us already. We still haven't been able to figure out that thing about "the chicken or the egg".

Answer 10

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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