What makes you think it couldn't just be some superior, but not omnipotent being that perhaps created our universe to observe us like a kids science project, or a complex computer simulation?
Why does it HAVE to be God and why does it HAVE to be the God of the Bible?
2007-09-04 10:07:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a good question. As far as the Intelligent Design movement goes, the brighter ones realize that it says very little about the designer. And there is no ipso facto reason the designer would be a deity in the traditional sense, much less Allah or Yaweh.
2007-09-04 10:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What you are suggesting just "begs" the question. Then you have to ask where this superior being came from, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
God, by definition (according to one of His name Hebrew Names as found in the Bible) means, that He has within Himself sufficient cause for His own existence without any prior cause.
God, by definition, is the uncaused First Cause, the uncreated Creator.
God declared to Moses that when the people ask him what's the name of God, that Moses should tell them, "I AM THAT I AM".
Why the God of the Bible? Because the Bible has been demonstrated to be accurate, while all other religious writings, that is to say, writings of other religions, have fallen short of demonstrating viability.
The BIGGEST evidence that Jehovah is THE God are all the fulfilled prophecies.
In Isaiah, God even says that He tells them what will happen before it takes place so that they would know that He alone is God, and that there is no other.
He said "There were no gods here before me, there were no gods formed after me. I alone am God, and there is no other." He said "I alone am God. I am the first, and I am the last, the beginning and the end."
2007-09-04 17:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I believe that The L-RD G-d is the Creator of all things, because the only scriptures that says He creates 'independant of time' -- are the Torah, Bible, and Dead Sea Scrolls.
When we go back to the original Hebrew, the words for "Heavens and Earth" literally refer to: Time, Energy Space, and Matter or the entire physical cosmos. Therefore, G-d must exist because of the "big bang".
Look at the original Hebrew and there is all the proof we need to show that The L-RD G-d does exist, He is the Beginner of all things, and is still active today.
Notice that the seventh day (mentioned in Genesis chapter one) is not closed off like the first six days.
Genesis 1:3 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
Gen 1:8 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
Gen 1:13 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.”
Gen 1:19 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.”
Gen 1: 23 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.”
Gen 1: 31 “And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”
Gen 2:1 “All the Heavens and the Earth were completed in their vast array.”
But there is no mention of ‘evening and morning’; this is because we are STILL IN and progressing through the Seventh Day. Evening will come at the time of our physical death. Morning is when we enter our eternal spiritual time.
2007-09-04 19:05:22 · answer #3 · answered by whathappentothisnation 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If our creator was not a god, and just another logical intelligent being? Well, he would not create us from dust, he would use whats already there (primate). He would not create us to worship him,, like every other being on this planet that creates out of love, he would create us in the hopes that one day we would be equals or more. he would not create us and limit our knowledge, which means we are capable of conquering anything we can put our minds to. It would simplify why we are here, why the bible was written, our purpose in life, and what we can achive.
2007-09-04 17:22:21 · answer #4 · answered by cliffcc078 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some religions have asked that very question hundreds of years ago. Certain Gnostic traditions (such as the Ophites and Valentinians) along with the present day Parsies (Zoroastrian) to name a few.
Some even believe that the physical world being imperfect is explainable because it was actually created by a "pseudo-God" or even a demon (called the "demiurge").
2007-09-04 17:16:47 · answer #5 · answered by alittledifferant 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BIG problem for them. When this creator isnt named as the Christian God, then that leaves it wide open for every other religion out there to claim it was THEIR God that was the creator. Thats why Muslims love Intelligent Design over Creationism - and why increasing amounts of Christians are against ID.
2007-09-04 17:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not all creationists believe in the God of the Bible. Take Muslims, for example. Seems to me hat God would have to be omnipotent to manage all He does at once.
2007-09-04 17:11:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is but one God. The God that created the Heavens and the Earth. Yes he is the same God that is written about in the bible.
2007-09-04 17:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If not God, who created the world then? Tell me, you who knows all things.
But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord (Josh 24:15)
2007-09-04 17:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can't cope with the possibility there is no god and therefore they can no longer believe they are better than everyone else out there. They also can't cope with the fact that life is very random and thus doesn't necessarily have meaning, a purpose, an afterlife, or any sort of pattern to it.
2007-09-04 17:17:30 · answer #10 · answered by Sturm und Drang 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋