To assume that god is created in the question is to actually misrepresent god in the bible. According to lds prophets, god has not always been god. Thus, god was not inwardly lonely or personally empty. Dec 21, 2012 christians say god does not have a beginning or an end. The pdf and prc files are sent as single zips and naturally dont have the file structure below. I dont have enough faith to be an atheist by norm geisler and frank turek. It is usual to distinguish between creation as the creative action of god active, and creation as the created reality that is the effect of god s action passive. God is the uncaused being that caused everything else to come into existence. If someone else had created god, that person would be the creator.
A history of god by karen armstrong the new christian west during the middle ages introduction as a child, i had a number of strong religious beliefs but little faith in god. When he created humans he created them in his image, he breathed his life into them. The rightly guided ones the successors to muhammad 6. The definition of man implies that he does not have uterus. Historians and archaeologists have repeatedly confirmed its authenticity. Who made god logical implications the logical argument for the eternality of god doesnt represent the only flaw in dawkins reasoning. Apr 08, 2016 if god is eternal, that means that god has always existed. Anawakening in the east the response to colonialism 10. The bible does say a few words about god s eternal nature. I did not know that god was going to chase me away from worshiping these and draw me to worship him.
So the question if god created the universe, then who created god. What about other faiths, such as islam, mormonism, hinduism, reincarnation and buddhism. The conclusion is that if god needed a cause, then god is not god and if god is not god, then of course there is no god. Who i am in christ confession deliverance revolution. Believing philosophers and theologians thus propose god as the ultimate explanation for these things. Instead of following the established pattern, god creates life in a different way. People have asked this ever since they could ask anything, and answers have come from all sides. The origin of the english word for god bible answer stand. The lds church teaches that prior to achieving godhood our heavenly father was once a mortal, like us, on another world.
Aliens created god and now they want him back shock claim of how religion began religions on earth were created by aliens who visited earth thousands of. And hes asking you to be the thing hes already created you to be. Intellectuals with beards who write books, engage with the nuances of the christian faith, understand calvinism, trinitarian theology, the gospel and the different interpretations of soteriology. Although this question is often asked, it is one of the easiest questions to answer. Pandeism is proposed to explain as to deism why god would create a. It even tells us that one day time will no longer exist.
The god of the old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction. I am god s child for i am born again of the incorruptible seed of the. People become so busy they often forget that god is the one who set life in. An astounding amount of evidence suggests that god was created by ancient jewish tribal leaders. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. Unlike other religious writings, the bible reads as a factual news account of real events, places, people, and dialogue. Long ago i was part of the big brothers program in the twin cities. And god said, let there be light, and there was light. Moral arguments are both important and interesting. This new group of people of god will experience new things.
Frank turek answers atheists 3 objections to christianity duration. By this, i presume the judeochristion notion of god. This is an example of special pleading and the question is aimed at revealing that priblem. Tom kirkpatrick holds a phd in accounting from the. I am god s workmanship, created in christ unto good works ephesians 2. For me personally, i will not subject myself to the torture of trying to figure out who created god.
But its a bit like asking what there was before the universe was created. Throughout all eternity past, god enjoyed perfect love and intimate communion within his own being. God the god of the bibleis the creator of everything. God is not changing facial and skin features that are associated with groups and races of people, but rather, her is changing people inwardly. The god delusion quotes by richard dawkins goodreads. God, by definition, is the creator of the whole universe, he is the creator of time. However, satan wasnt finished in his rebellion against god. What it means to be created in the image of god core. Word of god, which lives and abides forever 1 peter 1. In describing the creation of the earth to job and his friends, god said that all the sons of god shouted for joy.
He involves what he has already created in the bringing forth of life. All kinds of explanations for the creation of the universe can satisfy. Jul 12, 2016 the who created god question arises when someone argues that everything requires a cause and then goes on to posit an uncaused cause or god. Its a rich and inspiring time for me to evaluate what im doing in my life and explore ever deeper into how best i can serve all beings and support both personal and global transformation. I am going to present a version of the cosmological argument for gods existence, then i will address the issue of who created god. The schemes of satan, the fallen nature of man, gods sovereign election and saving grace, justification by faith, the security of the believer, the need for holiness, the power of prayer, and even. God is revealed as the sovereign, allpowerful creator. He reveals, in the bible, much about himself, and his plan and purpose for having created the whole universe andespeciallymankind, including you and me. Christian philosopher william lane craig notes that an explanation of an explanation god s existence is logically unnecessary. In times of inquisition like that of 800 years ago in europe, this question alone could easily have gotten me killed or at least sent to the torture chambers by the powers that be of the time the catholic church. If everything needs a creator, than no matter what exists, it must have been created.
This is because, in order to recognize an explanation as the best, you do not have to be able to explain the explanation. Aliens created god and now they want him back shock. It is an ageold question that has plagued all those who like to think about the big questions. In the footsteps of martyrs from shiism to khomeinism 8. Do the thing you love to do, what youve been created. The bible clearly teaches us that god has always been.
Then if such a creature created god, then that creature must have also been created. Image of god 4 what it means to be created in the image of god the purpose of this study is to understand what it means that humankind is created in the image of god. In the creation account of the very first chapter in the bible, the emphasis laid on god creating humanity as male and female in gods image is very significant. If nothing else, the christian atheists are waking the churches to the brutal reality that the basic premise of faiththe existence of a personal god, who created the. And this is exactly how the bible describes god, and how god has revealed himself. Through the creation story we see god s activity of bringing life to the world. Jul 01, 20 as a logical refutation against god as creator and designer of the universe, the who created god question completely misrepresents philosophy of science. The schemes of satan, the fallen nature of man, god s sovereign election and saving grace, justification by faith, the security of the believer. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of god was hovering over the waters. Various religions tend to solve the problem in different ways.
Unit god made food and water 1 nazarene publishing house. If god created everything, then who or what created god. Since god is before space, time, and matter, the issue of causality does not apply to him. The english word for god has become a source of confusion for christians since at least the anglosaxon era. Jun 02, 2016 this is why god created the world that he may be glorified. In the same way, if something doesnt have to exist, then we need an explanation for why it does exist. It is easy to make an argument for god s existence from a cosmological standpoint. Therefore he is not limited by the time dimension he created, so has no beginning in time god is the high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity isaiah 57. I know one day i will find out, as sandra said, we will ask him when we see him. Every other month i embark on a personal retreat of one or two days of silence and fasting. The beginning in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth. Emotional, family, divorce, financial, social, job, spiritual, health, physical, physiological issues just to name a few that i addressed in the book. Having grown up as an agnostic nonchristian, it provided me with a potential reason why there might not be any god.
The three persons of the godheadfather, son, and spiritenjoyed perfect relationships and completely fulfilled one another. Think about the worldview implications of the fact that god created. The purpose of this lesson is to present the concept of the image of god. The only thing that makes sense is we have to have the biggest god of all. If you want to know if he is real, talk to him and i really mean to open up your mind to receive him, you might be surprised. God is the uncreated creator who created the universe and everything in it. This religion is a science the development of islamic theologyand law 7. A hunger for god helped turn my desperation into a.
It isnt coherent to argue that the universe was created by god, but god was in turn created by god to the second power, who was in turn created by god to the third power, and so on. If god knew that satan would rebel, why did he create him. Expert evangelical apologists answer all these tough questionsand many more. In order to do this, both the fonn and function of the image of god in the human being will. Who created god if god created everything, who created god. But if god is something fundamentally different from the created order what theologians call transcendent, then our demand for a cause of gods being is confused and misapplied. God created nature in such a way that every living thing, including people, would have the food and water they need to survive. On earth, god created life and ecosystems to sustain it. The view regarding god that is set forth consistently in the bible is this. There is a distinction between belief in a set of propositions and a faith which enables us to put our trust in them. God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. In monotheistic thought, god is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal. In contrast, there is good evidence that the universe.
History of the bible who wrote the bible why its reliable. A believer can worship the lord and feel the presence of god, feel that he or she is ready to go in heaven, but that does not prevent him or her to still struggle with many issues in life such as. This unmanifested absolute cannot be described except that it was the knower, the knowing, and the known existing as one. Similarly, the definition of god implies that he is absolute, eternal without beginning and end. Thus we are creating an infinite regression of causes and causers. Some atheists, agnostics, and evolutionists believe that life on earth was brought to the planet by some alien force or object. Pdf man and woman he created them download full pdf. So god created man in his own image, in the image of god he. Webster s new collegiate dictionary says that the origin of the word god comes from a germanic word gad, pronounced as gohdt. Religion and the evolution of human cooperation pdf. They are interesting because evaluating their soundness requires attention. God s asking me to be the thing hes already created me to be.
The following information on the origin of the word god will help to understand why we use. Kevin sent me a text and said that his soninlaw asked him who created god. But since he is a necessary being that exists outside of time, he needs no further explanation. God himself dwells outside of the dimension he created 2 timothy 1. Rudy rackley i came to the united states hungry for money, success, and the american dream. God is the one who created the earth, and everything he created was very good. According to the following scriptures, how should all men live in light of the truth that the god of the bible is the one true god. Christianity was invented by emperor constantine, for political purposes, based upon the myth of mithra, a persian savior god born on december 25, son of a virgin. Created by god is a program resource designed to communicate to fifth and sixth graders that we are a fantastic creation made by god.
Excerpts from writings by paramahansa yogananda and swami vivekananda. God however is in a different category, and must be so. Instead it became the official religion of the roman empire. Oct 10, 2017 i am assuming not everyone believes in the existence of god, so i am going to begin by presenting just one of the many arguments or pieces of evidence for the existence of yahweh the god of the bible. Moral arguments for god s existence form a diverse family of arguments that reason from some feature of morality or the moral life to the existence of god, usually understood as a morally good creator of the universe. This is a strange question, but the wellknown english philosopher bertrand russell has stated in one of his books, during my youth, i believed in god and thought that the proof cause of all causes was the best evidence for it. And wherever, in the talks, i had made the importance of a.
But if something does have to existif it is a necessary being, like god then it does not need a further explanation the things we perceive in the universe, including space and time themselves, appear to have had a beginning, and so they need a causea reason why they began in the. As aristotle cogently argued, there must be a reality that causes but is itself uncaused or, a being that moves but is itself unmoved. God is different from all nature and humanity and everything that exists, in that he has always existed, independent from anything he created. Arent these mysteries, and dont christians just have to say, we dont know. Presumably, all the sons of god would have included satan as well, suggesting he hadnt rebelled at the point the earth was created. Modern conceptions of god are often strongly influenced by the deism movement of the enlightenment, which portrayed god as an explanation for the origin. In the beginning god created the sky and the earth. God is not a dependent being, but selfsufficient, selfexistent. And this is exactly how the bible describes god, and how god has revealed himself to be. Yet, as the bible explains, jehovah is the one who created all things. The topics of human sexuality, values, and relationships are approached in a frank, honest, and biblebased manner.
Using the writers own writing styles and personalities, god shows us who he is and. We know from scripture that god is omniscient, which literally means allknowing. The bible was written over a span of 1500 years, by 40 writers. Christian philosopher william lane craig notes that an explanation of an explanation gods existence is logically unnecessary. Warner september 20, 2017 god theism, objections of atheism, writings 23,349 views richard dawkins, the famous english evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist, revived an objection related to god s existence in his book, the god delusion. The bible says, in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth. God the father is depicted as a powerful figure, floating in the. The bible informs us that time is a dimension that god created, into which man was subjected. Explore with john lennox as he explores hard questions and. Who is satan what does the bible say about the devil. Although the concept of an eternal god may be hard to grasp, we can see that it makes sense. And answers to over 100 other tough questions of faith 9780310247104 by. As the years have gone by, a growing amount of scientific data has accumulated which negates atheistic assumptions about how matter and the cosmos came into existence and how it has arrived at its present condition. While this does not seem like a problem amenable to scientific measurement, it has led scientists to come up with fascinating ideas and observations.
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