2007-10-30 06:33:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Only if you accept that God is a concept created by the mind of man.
2007-10-30 06:35:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What if god was not a being, but instead was a massive energy jolt? How about defining him as an it?
We don't know why the big bang occured. All we know is the how: that masses of particles exploded to create the universe. What if god was that surge of energy which caused the big bang to occur?
And since we don't know what happened before the big bang, who's to say this is the first universe? Maybe it has collapsed and rexploded two or three times already. God would have been the impulse which created the first? Or all of them?
Just a thought!
2007-10-30 14:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mona R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, first explain the origin of existance and when you have done that work on the origin of God's existance.
2007-10-30 13:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't explain the ORIGIN of God's existance. He has always existed and the ultimate Creator of all things. He has no beginning and has no end.
2007-10-30 13:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scripture presupposes the living, True God working through individuals throughout the ages. God reveals Himself to mankind through the visible universe and directly through the awakening and rebirth of man by His Grace. God reveals Himself as the One God. God proclaims Himself as "I AM THAT I AM" (Exo 3:14). Without faith it is impossible to believe in God or His origin. If you believe that He exists, He will reward you who seek Him. That is the best way I can explain the origin of God.
2007-10-30 15:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by jersey jim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a believer, no. It is a tenant of every faith I'm familiar with that God has no origin. He always was and always will be.
If you are a non-beleiver, yes. Non-beleivers see God as a concept that mankind created to serve a social purpose. In that case, the origin of God would be the first shaman who personified forces he couldn't explain.
2007-10-30 13:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you asking about explaining when man first started thinking about the idea of a higher power?
If that's the case, there is evidence (based on cave drawings and burial rituals) that cave men had some concept of an afterlife.
2007-10-30 13:37:33 · answer #7 · answered by Justin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the creationists claim that something complex has to have an intelligent designer. If God is complex, then he has to have an intelligent designer, so there has to be another deity above God. And of course that deity had to have an intelligent designer too, so there is another diety above it, and so on.
Hey, don't look at me, I'm just extrapolating from the creationist 'logic'.
2007-10-30 13:36:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. We as imperfect humans being created by him in no way can fathem the concept of his origin. If we could and knew his origin then wouldn't that diminish his superiority to us? He allows us to understand only the things that are important and necessary for us to gain salvation.
2007-10-30 13:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by ColtsDude 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've seen God. He's on Youtube and calls himself "The Spirit of Truth"
Can he be explained? Not really
2007-10-30 13:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by Jason S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋