Would a Supreme Being Qualify as Such if He/She/It Didn't Create the Universe?, page 1
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reply posted on 6-9-2010 @ 03:38 PM by DISRAELI
reply to post by Dean Goldberry


Such a being would not be "supreme", because it would be possible to imagine one more supreme- ie one who did create the universe.
All you're getting is a subordinate.


reply posted on 8-9-2010 @ 04:33 AM by Astyanax
reply to post by Dean Goldberry


This belief is known as Gnosticism.

Gnostics believe the Supreme Being did not create the universe--did not, in fact, create anything, for to do so would be to mar His own perfection. The universe was created by a demiurge--a distant 'emanation' from the Godhead, with creative powers but not much in the way of brains or morals.
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