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Old 05-19-2009, 06:21 AM   #41 (permalink)
Cynosure
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People ask the question, "If God created everything, then who created God?" because they know that everything in our universe – including the universe itself – has a beginning (and an end, for that matter). However, people who ask such a question about God are thinking in mundane and temporal terms, and they are thinking too small about God, for God is not part of our universe. Thus God is not, nor was He ever, subject to our universe's laws and limitations.

God exists outside of our universe, and it may very well be that everything outside our universe is God, and that our universe is in fact contained (and maintained) within God. Thus, God is not subject to our universe's laws/limitations of time, space, creation, decay, the speed of light, etc.

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1) If God is omnipotent, he can do anything.
2) If he can do anything, he can create a rock which he cannot lift
3) If he cannot lift that rock which he created, then he cannot do anything and he is not omnipotent
4) If he can lift that rock which he created, then he has not created a rock that he cannot lift
5) If he cannot create a rock that he cannot lift, then he is not omnipotent
This old and trite "line of reasoning" is nonsensical, and not really worth contemplating if you're earnest about knowing God.

Last edited by Cynosure; 05-20-2009 at 09:35 PM..
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