*HARD QUESTION* Who created God?

Question

Everything has a beginning everything has a creator how did God appear in this word?

Answer 1

Belief in a god probably goes back to times when people didn't understand how the seasons worked. And when winter came and the crops no longer grew, some sort of sacrifice would have been made to the sun, and then it came back and the crops grew. The people would have associated the sacrifice with the positive outcome, and they wouldn't have dared not do it again because they couldn't risk famine.



In time the sacrifice will have become more sophisticated, and perhaps the idea came about that the sun might be the gift of a god rather than the god itself. This might be a way, or similar to a way, that religion developed.



People would then have assumed that the laws that their ancestors devised came from the god, so the religion would have become even more sophisticated still, providing authority for the laws and fear of a vengeful god if laws were disobeyed, and the same fear would make others stone to death anyone who breached a law to avoid vengeance being visited on the whole community.



There are probably other elements, but it will have gone back to the dawn of civilisation.

And it's become institutionalised, and there are many religions, cults, sects and denominations (including "non-denominational", "not a religion but a personal relationship...", and many others). It's survived because it's become institutionalised, provides a living for some, and is deeply ingrained into traditions and into national, international or intra-national identities; that it's still survived is both puzzling and fascinating.



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No doubt some who would answer that would resort to 13th Century Theology, such as Summa Theologica by Tomaso Aquino (St Thomas Aquinas) and say something like everything needs a cause until you trace all causes back to the first cause that needs no cause, and we call that God. To me that is fatally flawed.

Answer 2

1. Your question may contain a fallacy. Perhaps not everything does have a beginning and/or a creator.



2. In Buddism and Taoism, there is not a "big guy in the sky" who makes things happen. Rather, the contents of the universe (literally "everything that turns together") may arise together, and go through various changes...which idea which seems to comport with such things as relativity theory, quantum mechanics and string theory, incidentally.

Answer 3

This question appears many times, and it is really getting quit boring.



But ONE MORE TIME:



In order for God to claim to be God, He must qualify as God; and to qualify to be God, He must have created this MEST universe. (MEST = Matter, Energy, Space and Time).



If God created this MEST universe, then logically He can not be part of, or consist of, that which He created.



God is neither matter nor energy. Jesus said God is Spirit.



God can not be limited to exist within space and time any more than an artist can be limited to exist within the canvas he uses to paint on.



God therefore, logically, must transcend space and time. That is to say, He is infinite in scope, and eternal in duration.



You can not logically apply the laws of this MEST universe (the laws of science) to that which is not MEST. It is neither logical NOR scientific!



Furthermore, the question "who created God" poses a logical contradiction, because if you ask who created God, then you must also ask who created God's creator, and who created that one's creator, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, creating an infinite regression of ever greater Gods.



If you go back to the very FIRST God of this infinite regression, THAT is GOD. The others are NOT God, because they were created.



This universe, however, being MEST, is obligated to obey the MEST laws of science, such as the laws of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, etc, thus the universe either had a beginning, or it is dead.



If it never had a beginning, that would make it eternal, and the 2nd law of thermodynamics demands that the universe would die off in a finite number of years. If you say "But the universe isn't old enough yet", you have just admitted that the universe is NOT eternal (infinite in age), but had a beginning. (You can't have it both ways - either it is NOT old enough to be dead yet and it DID have a beginning; or it is infinite in age (i.e. eternal), and it would have died out a long time ago.)



The universe, both logically and scientifically, had to have a definite beginning at some point in time a finite amount of time ago, and that includes any kind of "egg" from which the universe may have exploded. To talk about the "big bang" just begs the point, because we have the same identical issue with this singularity. If it was eternal, then it would have exploded an infinite amount of time ago, and the universe would have died out by now. If (and since) the universe is still here, the alleged "big bang" had to have occurred a finite amount of time ago, and the "egg" (singularity) that held the entire contents of this universe, only exploded a finite amount of time ago, thus this singularity has NOT been here an infinite amount of time ago (ie. not eternal), so this singularity had to have had a beginning because it, too, is MEST, and thus subject to the laws of MEST!



The ONLY thing that is NOT subject to the laws of MEST (ie. a beginning) is that which is NOT MEST (ie. God).



Now please, quit asking this same question over and over again, and for once try to think logically and rationally like you atheist mockers keep CLAIMING to do!

Answer 4

If you say god didn't need a creator, why not cut out the middle man and say the universe didn't need a creator?

Answer 5

The usual answer is "No one - God is eternal"



I just fail to see why the concept of God not requiring a creator is so easy for some people but the concept of the universe not needing one is so difficult.

Answer 6

Nobody created God. God is a creator not a creation. That's that, and if anyone wants to trash talk God and lowercase his name we are thinking about different Gods

Answer 7

Since we´re humans, it´s natural that we think in human terms even about things that are 'beyond' our abilities, comprehension and understanding.



In straight language, the Bible refers to God as 'King of eternity":



"But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation." -Jeremiah 10:10 (Darby Bible Translation)



1 Timothy 1:17:

"Now to the KING OF ETERNITY, INCORRUPTIBLE, INVISIBLE, [the] only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." (New World Translation)



Revelation 15:3:

"“Great and wonderful are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, KING OF ETERNITY". (New World Translation)



Isaiah 43:10:

"Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none." (New World Translation)



Although difficult to get all this information of "infinity" inside our limited "brain machinery", the Bible in plain terms is telling us that Jehovah had no beginning; there was nothing before Him, He has always been in existence.



The range of our '"brain machinery" is limited to encompass the understanding of our material, physical realm.



Isaiah 55:9 says:

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways ARE HIGHER than YOUR ways, and MY THOUGHTS than YOUR thoughts." (New World Translation)



Under inspiration, Solomon once said:

"For the heavens AND THE HEAVEN OF THE HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN HIM, and who am I that I should build him a house except for making sacrificial smoke before him? - 2 Chronicles 2:6.

(New World Translation)



Jesus, Jehovah´s only-begotten Son, explained to Nicodemus that the "heavenly realm" has more information than sometimes our thinking could capture:

"If I have told YOU earthly things and yet YOU do not believe, how will YOU believe if I tell YOU HEAVENLY THINGS? - John 3:12 (New World Translation)



You can learn a lot about Jehovah God by reading the Bible. If you read it 15 min a day, you can cover it in a year.



"Is There a Creator Who Cares About You" and "What Does The Bible Really Teach" are books published by Jehovah´s Witnesses. They´re excellent books which tell a lot about Jehovah God and His purposes.

Answer 8

Most theist believe God is eternal, therefore no beginning and no cause.



Atheist used to believe in a continuous universe, where there was no beginning and no cause. That's why they criticized the big bang theory for being too religious.

Answer 9

somebody probably just made him up

like maybe somebody who had some mental problem who imaged god and says all these good things about him and then spread the word and got everybody believing god exists although there is no proof about his existence

Answer 10

The thought of god was conceived by man, to form what has been the greatest scam of all time.

Answer 11

Is it possible for the creator to be created? No. No one created God.

Answer 12

God himself is a creator..he is not created by anyone..

Don't see god as a physical entity..he is in entire universe..we are made of him n everything around!!

He was here and will be always forever..its kinda deep..lol..

Answer 13

I believe that God is pure consciousness, in the space of which things are created and manifested

Answer 14

In order to be a creation, something would have to be physical, existing in our reality. God only existed in our reality directly for a limited time (Jesus), and He created Himself when He did that. But, since God exists outside of the physical world, the rule of "every creation has a creator" doesn't apply.

Answer 15

In our universe things need to be created to exist. What if in other universes things didn't work that way. Or what if in another universe, God is in fact just a young boy dreaming. We're the creation. What if everything is just a dream that you yourself create? What would you do then? Who knows though. I don't xD

Answer 16

thats not a hard one its a stupid one our minds just can't rap around the fact that god was here b4 the world began no one created god he is god he created everything ok yes everything has a beginning nd god iz that beginning piont blank period....why ask all these ?'z just serve god or don't simple as that

Answer 17

Nobody created God, God always existed, this may help:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-xpCJeA38

Answer 18

Nobody created God, your question is based on a false assumption, the assumption that everythign had a beginning.



If you believe everything has a cause and every cause has an effect you follow that cause and effect chain far enough back and you have to conclude that there was a primal cause that caused everything, like a finger toppling the first domino in a chain of dominos.



One then has to ask what caused the primal cause, the only answer can be nothing, it's the primal cause if something caused it then it wouldn't be primal, therefore the primal cause must be uncaused.



hope this helps.

Answer 19

All of creation goes back to the Creator Who created all things. No one created Him; He created everything other than Himself. This is what makes sense and is logical. This creator is Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted.



With regard to what our religion tells us, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us about this question, where it comes from, and how to respond to it.



Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “People will keep on asking question until someone will say, ‘Allaah created the universe, but who created Allaah?’ Whoever encounters anything like that, let him say, ‘Amantu Billaah (I believe in Allaah).’”



With regard to the prior existence of Allaah, our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has told us about this, for example:



He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O Allaah, You are the First and there is nothing before You; O Allaah, You are the Last and there is nothing after You.” (Narrated by Muslim, 2713)



He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah existed when there was nothing apart from Him.” According to another report: “There was nothing before Him.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari; the first report 3020; the second report 6982).



Surah 112. Al-Ikhlas (The Unity, Sincerity, Oneness Of Allah)



(Qur'an Chapter 112 Sincerity)

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.



1. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;

2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;

3. He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

4. And there is none like unto Him.

Answer 20

God irreducibly complexedinated Himself

Answer 21

I suppose he was always there since he is the creator of man and living things. But please don't feel obligated to believe that! :)

Answer 22

What God are you talking of. It is a metaphysical concept that brcame widely accepted in diffrent forms of ancient cults. I believe that it grew out of time through man.

Answer 23

the people who were to become the jews plagarized many many sumerian and egytpian myths into their own evolving religous myth--very simple--god was created a few thousand years ago by stitching together parts of other mythology-by men. The missing first verse to genesis should be--in the beginning--man created god.

Answer 24

Obviously humans did.

Answer 25

Natural reason is capable of figuring out that the very essense of God is to be uncreated.

Answer 26

a very easy anwer,



ALLAH is 1 ,,,ask the children in kindergarden,,if its hard for you ask the children what comes before 1,,,,,they happily will tell you ZEROOOOOOOO,,,what does zero mean ,,nothingggggggggggg,,



ALLAH is the greatest he is one he is nothing like his creations, he was there all the time he caused the big bang



"Do not the rejecters see that the heavens and earth were a unit joined together then we split them apart (21:30)."

BIG BANG ALREADY IN QURAN before science proved it

Answer 27

easy answer: NOBODY!!!



God was always here. it's we who were not around ..... until He created us.



+ Blessed be God!!!

Answer 28

A big bang .. created God ... from nothing.

But only the Christian God.

Now do you want the rest of the story?

Answer 29

Easy Answer......God has always existed.



Just like science says energy and Matter have always existed.



So is science wrong in says that somethings have no beginning and no end?



Peace be with you



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Answer 30

God is the Creator and not a creation there is no other True God. He is higher than this universe even higher than heaven. That is why in the Bible he is called Most High. There is nothing that exists or ever existed that is more supreme.

Answer 31

"Everything has a beginning" how do you know that's true?



What created the material for the big bang?

Answer 32

You seem not to understand causality. Causality is an definite law of time. Everything in TIME needs a cause. However, God is by definition eternal and atemporal. That means He exists _outside of time_. Thus, a law of time, such as causality, need not apply to Him.

Answer 33

yes

Answer 34

Begotten, not made.

God created time and made the cosmos.

Life as we know it is His creation.

God, outside of time, always is.

Answer 35

Words



"In the beginning was the word... Through him all things were created..."

Answer 36

"everything has a beginning, everything has a creator"



says who?

Answer 37

He is self-creating. There are levels of reality above this one, which are hard for us to grasp.

Answer 38

You believe that because you use your limited logic.

Answer 39

You think this is a hard questions





ROLF



The logical circle exists for all origin discussion



If God created the world, then who created him, then who created that guy, then who created that guy.....



Or Everything came from the big bang, well where did that come from, well where did that come from.....



Logical eternal loops



Whether you are talking God, or the big bang you come one logical truth....something, or someone...started it all.

Answer 40

The people who made up religion, of course. The story started somewhere and was copied and altered so many times. It is unknown who the original writer was.

Answer 41

He was not created.



That wasn't a hard question.

Answer 42

primitive minds

Answer 43

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Answer 44

Man creates all gods

Answer 45

Man in attempt to define his world and add purpose to it.

Answer 46

Man did.

Answer 47

Superstitious primitives who didn't understand the world around them.

Answer 48

EASY ANSWER: Nobody! God is a creator, NOT a creation.

Answer 49

Your mom, she squeezes everyone out.

Answer 50

*HARD ANSWER* No

Answer 51

Obviously humans did.