Who Or What Created The Universe?

[Theland]

Dismiss God as the author and creator of the universe, but what is your hypothesis? Or are you simply satisfied to say, "I don't know?"

[naomi24]

Theland, //Only an eternal MIND fits the bill. //

Okay, let's go with that theory. How does your God qualify?

[Old_Geezer]

I created the universe. You're welcome.

[Theland]

Yes only an eternal mind fits the bill, and that is God.
To claim to have read the bible and understood it, yet STILL not believe is a contradiction of terms.

[mibn2cweus]

This question is a contradiction in terms.

[NoMercy]

How was the universe created?

I honestly couldn't give 2 hoots. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not even a mere speck of dust.

[Voltage]

Dunno I wasn't there!!!

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

As creatures with finite minds and finite abiklities we will never encompass the infinite (or probably ever even scratch the surface.)

Belief or unbelief in Biblical creation requires a certain level of faith. Either faith in God or faith in man's rationality or logic. Personally I believe the Biblical account of creation.

[naomi24]

Theland, you've ignored my question so I'll ask again. How does your God qualify as the creator of the universe?

Hazi-Hammenuhoth, perhaps you'd care to answer that too?

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Hi Naomi. God's qualifications? Almighty power? A masterplan? The power to accomplish what may not be understood or explained by human intelligence? Yes, my God has those qualities, but perhaps I am not understanding your question? How do you believe the universe was formed?

[naomi24]

Hazi-Hammenuhoth, //Almighty power? //

Something he didn’t possess.

//A masterplan?//

That proved to be faulty.

//How do you believe the universe was formed?//

I don’t know – but I’m not so irrational that I attribute the unknown to the unknown.

[mikey4444]

Naomi....that is not really true is it ?

In other threads, you have said that you are a believer in some of Erich von Daniken's weirder theories.

Make your mind up.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Are you messing with peoples minds again, Naomi?! Who are you to say God didn't possess or doesn't possess almighty power? I was just stating my own belief in answer to your question. You might not believe it, that's your choice. It is an arrogant position to make statements like that without a shred of evidence, Naomi. Logic and rational thought should lead you to only one conclusion- that the creation of the universe and the presence of God are things which can never be fully explained, proved or disproved by any human being. Thus we are left with a choice as to what we believe and are free to statw it. But to make sweeping statements about something you know little about (someone else's God) seems to be arrogant and hypocritical.

[naomi24]

Mikey, yes, it's true. I don't claim Von Daniken’s theories, which don’t involve supernatural gods, provide definitive answers, but in the search for knowledge I think they’re worthy of further investigation. Incidentally he never claimed to know how the universe was created, so you’re barking up the wrong tree entirely.

[naomi24]

Hazi-Hammenuhoth, //Who are you to say God didn't possess or doesn't possess almighty power? //

It's not my idea. It's what the bible tells me. Why don't you believe what the good book says?

[mikey4444]

Naomi....to believe that things on Earth were created by little green men from some unknown planet, millions of years ago, is in the same general area of daftness that Christianity, and other world religions exist in.

[naomi24]

Mikey, little green men? You don't really know about anything much, do you. Nevertheless you bumble on.

[mikey4444]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken

[naomi24]

Mikey, why have you posted a wiki blurb? If you think he's wrong, tell me why you think he's wrong.

[mikey4444]

Because he is a charlatan and conman. He wrote all his books to make money, mostly out of the credulous.

He has as much credibility as David Icke.