Who
made God?
The
simple answer is that God is eternal and has therefore always existed
- he was never made and so does not require a maker. The
reason for this conclusion is...
The
real issue is that something has to be eternal and self-existing
or we would
never be here at all. If there was ever
a time in history when there was nothing, then there would still
be nothing today! This is because nothing comes from nothing; "nothing" cannot
be a cause for, or originator of, "something." There is
nothing in our reason, experience, or intuition that would make us
think differently to this.
What
we now need to decide is if the universe has always been there
or if a self-existing creator has always been there.
Scientists pretty much agree that the evidence around
informs us that the universe had a beginning and has not always
existed. The whole theory of the "big bang" is based on the universe
having an origin. We therefore can conclude that the thing that has
always been there must be this thing or person called God who has
the ability to create a universe.
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We
know that we require someone or something to have always been there
- but what would this person or thing need to be like?
1. It
must have been around before the universe.
2. It must exist outside of the universe it made.
3. It must exist outside of time as we know it.
4. It must have always existedl.
5. It must be
very powerful.
6. And as an effect can't be greater than the thing that caused
it - it must be creative, intelligent and personal.
This
description is a pretty good description of God and is in fact
a very good description of the Christian God. It
is interesting that the Bible,
which was written many years ago, describes God in the exact way
he needs
to be to satisfy the requirements of modern science and logic!
So
who made God? - nobody did - the universe requires a cause that
has always existed and that cause is God.
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