How did God come into existence?

The way I see this, the answer is really simple. You create the problem for yourself if you only believe in half of a religion.

If you believe in the God of the Christian Bible, wouldn't you also have to believe in what the Christian Bible says about that God? Why would you believe in the Christian description of God and then not believe that part that says he always was?

However, if you believe in the Native American Great White Spirit, wouldn't you also have to believe in the Native American story about how the Great White Spirit came to be?

If you believe in Buddhist writings, wouldn't you also believe the part that says how Sidartha became the Buddha?

Isn't it all relative in other words? Why would you chose to believe in a certain dogma's God but not trust that dogma to tell you where that God came from?

I'm a Unitarian Universalist, so I believe in the Unitarian Universalist "GOD." Naturally I also believe the Unitarian Universalist ideas about where God came from. Isn't it all pretty simple?

If you are an atheist, the answer is obvious.

Perhaps a polytheist would find the issue to be a challenging one. If you believe in 19 different Gods, then you might have a problem understanding / remembering the origin of each God.

There was never a time when there was "nothing". Why do people assume this?
"Nothing", does not exist. Space between the planets is not, "nothing".I have never come across or known of a place where, "nothing", exists.Also there may be as many universes. Something has always existed because "nothing" never existed. Time is not real(kinda). its a measurement invented by us to mark the rotation of earth around the sun but if you do not live on a planet ,have physical organs, a lifespan, where you are does not have days and nights, there is no time(measurement of period between sunrise and sunset) for you.

something from nothing.....Thats God. A few posters have suggested this is one universe in a regression/progression.

If this universe is the construct of a being "God" from another parallel or earlier universe, where did that universe and it's "God" originate?

You're just avoiding the question.

Are we really here at all?

I don't know what else to say...

I understand.
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What I meant to say was I fully appreciated Elijio's comments, and I understand a great deal about time and space, and the associated paradoxes. In the future, I'll endeavor to add more content to my posts.



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originally posted by ArioK


To have darkness We must have light. Light is the source that casts the shadow of darkness. Without light there is no darkness, without darkness there is no light. Existence is dual. Explain the term "spirit". "There was nothing except darkness and a spirit. That is Not Nothing, Nothing is Nothing, a concept that Exists to explain a concept that does Not Exist. Truly, to have the Non-Existent entity of Nothingness within Existence (which is all that is) is impossible.



Power is finite, the Great Spirit should have seeked a more efficient means of Existing. IN-finite, as opposed to Outfinite? If it is powerful beyond comprehension then We have just comprehended how powerful it is. The only thing truly unimaginable is Nothing, yet all though We cannot imagine Nothing We can still comprehend its Nothingness to Be non-Existence through its dual partner, Existence. Every concept has a mirror and is a mirror of itself. The "GREAT SPIRIT" sounds much like Our thoughts. Anything We can imagine is truth because thoughts Exist, thus Existence is the thought. No thing is ever motionless, We can know this through relativity. What about - Every Dual Big Thing?



There is No Big Bang, We know this because Nothing does Not Exist, therefore there was never Nothing and there is and is Not Nothing Outside of the Omniverse; there is No "Outside" of Existence. Darkness is still here, it is a lesser degree of light and all ways has Been, ergo all is dark and all is light because they are each other.




There is no Center of Existence. The only way to obtain a center is to have a unit that is measurable. The Omniverse is immeasurable. It is Us who are the Creator and the Creation. As stated previously, Existence is materialistic, including thought. Thought manifests materials and manifests thought itself.

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orginally posted by ArioK



This fails to make sense and Be consistent with its Eternity. Billions of years are Not Eternity, Eternity is Eternity. So, according to this story, for Us to experience the Eternal now, to accept and live in the Eternal now, would make Us the creator.



Evolution is very true. This quote is correct.



If it is the supposed truth of All Existence it is Not "needless" in the sense that it is unimportant. There are No such things as accidents, happen is because it must. The Omniversal intelligence surrounding the number 9 is apparent. Please see thread titled: The Existential Being of Mathematics



This is parallel to consciousness and the evolution of the Omniverse. There was No very beginning. This spirit that is spoken of IS and is Not only "man", this "spirit" is everything that is Existing. "Man" can Be this Omnified "spirit" when "man" allows "manself" to Be Everything. Why is this spirit only a male? This masculine dominated primitive religious dogma is a clear red flag for the "Great Spirits" obvious sexist attitude and perspective on Existence. It must be supposed that woman cease to Exist once the "Great Spirit" is revealed. This "Great Spirit" is Not a he, it is the Existence and all that is the Existence.



There are no such things as normalities, Existence is the way that it is because that is the way that it is. This is another expectation of the Human derived from trying to point out flaws in an Existence that is Perfect. Astral Body? Ten Billion Trillion years? Well so much for the Big bang that was claimed previously in the story. It is surmised by the "bright" (sarcasm) scientists that the Big Bang occured opproximately 15 billion years ago. The moment of creation IS the moment of created. Oh, the higher self, that self that is unreachable? We must live in Our lower Non-selves (more sarcasm, jokey jokey). We are all ways Ourselves, through any and every circumstance; circumstance is how Our "self" is molded and in turn Our "self" molds circumstance. Energy is recycled, yes. It is all so created and destroyed

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originally posted by ArioK


Sounds about correct. Well, in some aspects. Again, what is with all of this division? The "pure spirit" is a? Great and all mighty MAN who thought up the "Universe" out of Nothing and created the Big Bang?



Electricity is not static. Static is an illusion and an improper word to be placed on the definition of anything. Certain effects? This is very vague. If there Exists an Eternal now, then all of Energy shares the same thought, the same feelings, the same love, the same hate and the same memories, Because in this Eternal now the Existence of every possibility, that of which is Eternal and Outfinite, is currently taking place, thus the tree is a ghost, the door is a ghost, We are ghosts... because We have all Existed Eternally as Everything and Everything as Us. This idea of ghosts is fiction. We are all ghosts in the frame of reference mentioned. We are all ways haunting and Being haunted by a "place"(state) We love and hate; Existence.

Different "places" are various states of mind, consciousness, thought, energy, and relative perception that Exist as an illusion (a limit or a measurable) within the "real" "place" that is the immeasurable and limitless Existence

[edit on 31-12-2006 by LastOutfiniteVoiceEternal]

Hi Al , heres what i think is proabbly the best 1- pages ever written in the what is god and why are we here question please read and let me know your thoughts

www.users.on.net...

The most miss leading and over rated book out there. Need rest for the 'morrow. Will comment again then.

Interesting hypotheses but still...hypotheses only. If not, can anyone prove them?

I liked, though aren't completely convinced by, the old Julian Jaynes Bicameral Mind idea.

The idea that early human consciousness involved one side of the brain literally instructing the other side what to do. Sort of like modern schizophrenia.
People would life fairly simply and unconsciously... just doing things by habit. But when a crisis occurred, the Emergency side of the brain would kick in and tell the person what to do.

Old JJ explained it much better than me.
www.julianjaynes.org...

Toadmund, I'm afraid your missleading assumptions can lead you to different results, not always valid and right.

If you assume that God is more than universe, your 1st Q is no longer valid, isn't it? For example: You should agree with scientists stating that the universe is LIMITED. infinite but LIMITED. Sounds weird? For scientists not. Event for maths geeks [like myself] this sounds normal and easy to understand and prove. I hope you also can.



Sorry lad, but that SOMEONE EARLIER made wrong assumptions which led him to wierd conclusions. plain logic



I wonder how to justify that made-up explanation...



I'm as well open minded and this doesn't imply to be an agnostic, old chap

let's not drop into conclusions that are not based on assuptions. That's what I leart from my uni lectures and tutorials about logic...

Anyway, God can be logical to us, but not always as our logic is extremely limited and finite. God's logic is not...assuming widespread knowledge of God's nature.

If we can't agree as to God's nature and, what's more important, his existence, we'll always drop to different conclusions, often contradictive.

Do you believe I exist? I'm sure you do 'cause, for example, I'm writing to you here. This applies to God too. That's why I needed him to speak for HIMSELF...so if some people say they have contact with God [not those schizophrenics, though] and we can see some wonders happening in their lives, we should take their claims into consideration. I'm one of them, thx God.

It's so funny that 'dark forces' believe in God, while people always have doubts. But this may be so 'cause they have never been in such supernatural circumstances like me, for instance...

It seems to me that the question is flawed. 'How' and 'Existence' were created 'by' God. They are not places he has to BE. The reason we want to know is, we want to take his place. It's called Pride & Original Sin. Nothin' New here folks. Same ol', same ol'.

We might as well argue about where space ends.


funny how we look everywhere 'cept where he's written it all down. that's when we stop lookin' and start criticizin'.

the normal answer for "how did god come into existence?" is very simple
casua sui

god is the cause of god

which just makes no sense at all
nothing can be it's own cause

good post what can I say more... hmmm
the only thing is with "where space ends" as I think [along scientists] the space has no end but is limited. that's why I find this kind of arguing useless.

The best answer I have ever heard about how did God come into existence came from my son when he was 5 yrs old many years ago. We both were driving in the car together and my son asked, Dad how was God born? Son that is good question I have been told and read God has always been in existence and always will be. Now this was not a good enough answer, again he asked the same question. I answered the best I could and for about 5 minutes it got real quite in the car. My son said Dad, I know how God was born. How is that son, God made himself. Rik Riley



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Very true; Nothing is its own cause, Existence is Nothing's cause, and Nothing is the cause of Existence.

There is No cause; Eternal Existence

The best answer to this has to be Love. It's the love that compels one to share existance. We all have his primary qualities: Love, Wisdom, Justice, and Power. We also inherited the ones to balance the others: Hate, Jelousy, Anger and Sadness.