Do you think everything has a creator?

[Anonymous]

I don’t doubt god’s existence one bit but I’ve been watching some videos of how he created the world.

And now I keep repeatedly thinking how he was made and I’m getting really bad anxiety and panic attacks. I’m so sorry but where did he come from I’m low key scared. I don’t know if it’s the devil but I’m actually terrified because everything has a creative right?

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For those of you who think like this just remember.. who cares how he was made. He actually exists and we exist he created a lot of wonderful things that we are able to enjoy I think it’s good to be grate ful that he is so loving and created us in the first place.

[NamerOfStars]

First off: relax. God is all-knowing. And even came down to live as a human for a while, and so understands our perspective on things. Frankly, you SHOULD doubt God's existence, because you have no proof, and thus your belief in God is just that- belief- taken on faith, rather than knowledge. We were not endowed with sense, reason, and intellect that we should forgo their use. Coming to question what you've been taught about God is not the Devil, it's LOGIC, same as it would be to question what you've been taught about drugs, or racism, or sheep. Remember that God chose the Hebrews, a people culturally very fond of reason, argument, and debate; He wanted followers, not slaves. The great theologians of ages past debated these questions and ideas; there's no reason you can't debate them, too.

Now then, as to your question itself: no, not everything has a creator. Everything that changes has a cause (or causes) of that change, whether sentient or otherwise: the hydrogen that fuses into helium in the sun is changed by fusion, the grass blade torn off its steam is changed by the rabbit, and the baseball that flies out into the stands is changed by the bat that struck it. And the batter that swung said bat, and the friction that slows its flight and the gravity that pulls it back to Earth. You can rewind each of these things: before the ball flew out, it flew IN, thrown by the pitcher; before that, it was in a bag with the other balls, before that, it was shipped out from a factory, and so on and so forth. It would seem logically that ultimately, there was a point where nothing existed- but what are you basing that on?

When you see a glass full of water, you can reasonably ask where the water came from. When you see a glass that has no water in it, why is it less reasonable to ask where the water went? Because you know that glasses are made without water in them; the "unmodified state" of a glass is to be empty. You do not know that for the universe as a whole, and you do not know that for God.

[Dchrls78104]

The Bible says that God is the "King of Eternity". This means that He never had a beginning; He always was around and will always be around. The past is endless and the future is endless, because numbers (and years) are infinite either way; it is the same with God's existence.

[CountessSarah]

This is the problem of special pleading that theists are so often guilty of.
As you've said, if you're consistent with the logic that all things have a cause, then it absolutely must apply to your god too, which leads to an infinite regress of gods causing gods.
If you say 'not all things need a cause', then you've just thrown your god out the window - because now Occams Razor (The premise that the simplest solution is usually the correct one.) would suggest that the Big Bang Theory, whether it's right or wrong, is now a much more viable answer than your god ever was.
You cannot simply say 'Oh well god doesn't need a cause because reasons', well now you've just stuck your fingers in your ears and are just wishing away the problem with magic. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Not if you care about whether what you believe is actually true or not.

Theists can't win, no matter which of the 3 routes they go down. Which is a huge red flag and points to their conclusion most likely being incorrect.

[Asker]

There was a Big Bang though.. god made it. So y'all ain’t wrong.

However the way things have been created it’s waaay too detailed and specific there is no way just a random bang could create animals and flowers and trees with such specifications and details like there’s literally no way.

You realise Christians not just believe in god but most of us experience him as well and feel his presence people who have never been Christians before who are about to give god a shot have also.

[CountessSarah]

"There was a Big Bang though.. god made it. So y'all ain’t wrong."
Nah, see, you're just playing word games - TBB does not require a deity - Creationism and TBB are not the same thing.
This is just a transparent attempt at avoiding my point.

"However the way things have been created it’s waaay too detailed and specific there is no way just a random bang could create animals and flowers and trees with such specifications and details like there’s literally no way."
TBB has nothing to do with animals and flowers. They were not formed by TBB. That's abiogenesis and evolution you're thinking of. Which are, indeed, capable of creating life as we know it.

[Daniela1982]

No one knows how God created things as we weren't here. All I see is how we trashed it and how many species are going extinct because of our lame asses and pollution. It's like you creating a beautiful piece of glass art and someone smashes it to pieces. No one seems to care and even if they do, unless the whole world is on board nothing will work. We are doomed and nothing can stop it.

[libsaretards]

It is not blasphemous to question God's origins so do not feel bad. That is natural curiosity. I've even wondered this. However, the Bible does not address God's origin. If indeed God was created is well beyond what we need to worry about. Whether or not God has a creator really does not matter to us. He is still the creator of this universe and all in it. He is still to be revered and obeyed. If we make it to Heaven that may be one of the secrets of the universe we will discover. However, what you should be more concerned about is doing what you can to obey his commandments, repent from sin, follow the Bible and, above all, place your faith in Jesus.

[Asker]

Your 💯 right thanks 😊

[LaikaFreefall]

Religion doesn't claim everything that something can't come from nothing. An often misunderstood law of physics says that. So dont worry, you're in the clear. Like that weird uncle you only see at Thanksgiving, Science and Religion dont have to associate. Science doesn't look to religion for answers and religion doesn't look to science. Or at least, they shouldn't. B/c Religions aren't scientific. So they dont understand the science and make weak scientific arguments for things. They should just ignore science altogether. If you can just say "god did it" and be done with it, why not do so? Life is easier that way. :)

[Diodoro]

I think I've ever created for everything is pretty intuitive and it's actually hard to argue against it strongly.

It makes less sense that we have such a systematic universe that has just always been around and not put into motion by something by choice, than it does to simply say a higher power did it.

Whether or not that higher power is still present to this day and actually takes apart or gives a fuck in our lives or is all-powerful to the extent that many religions say is a separate conversation.

To me, God created at all and that makes the most sense. Every single thing that we know in the entire universe can be explained to hotlist created how was formed how it all began to some degree.

Someone or something caused it. It doesn't make sense that the universe as a whole uniquely just happened that nothing caused it or created it.

And even if you try to go by The Big Bang Theory is that is less sensible than a God made it lol

[slatyb]

As you have noticed, that just leads to an infinite regression of God, and Meta-God, and so on.

So unless there are an infinite number of meta-crators, then no, everything doesn't have a creator.

I don't worry about it. Prayer doesn't work. There's no evidence for an afterlife. Shit happens. We can prepare ourselves for some shit. We're powerless against other shit. As far as anyone knows, this is it. There's no re-ride. Make the most of it.

[Asker]

Your dumb as hell prayer does infact work. I bet you believe in new age and stones yet not god.

I’m a testimony that prayer does infact work. Like I said there is no way in hell that a bang could create everything so detailed with a system the way the earth runs it requires some someone with a lot of wisdom it requires and actual artist. I think it’s very illogical not believe in god but that’s just me.

[slatyb]

Wrong. I don't believe any of that crap. It's all bullshit.

And no, there's absolutely no evidence that prayer works. People pray, sometimes they get a good outcome, sometimes they don't. The good folks of Mayfield, Kentucky were probably almost all Christians and prayed regularly. Their town was wiped out by a tornado. Many people were killed, and many more lost everything they had. Praying didn't do them any good.

There were a couple of studies done to see if being prayed for had any effect on the outcomes of people in hospital. It didn't. Plenty of religious people are living in misery, while my many friends who don't believe in God or prayer are happy, healthy, and prosperous. It's all just luck.

[Asker]

Things are not that and white when it comes to spiritual stuff. You kind can’t handle it but seriously we all need to repent.

[Asker]

I pray that one day you’ll understand and find god

[slatyb]

That's another prayer that won't be answered.

"I'll pray for you"
"Ok, I'll think for you"

[joe_schmidt]

Something doesn't come from nothing. There's ALWAYS an origin. If you mean a creator as in God? No. I don't think God created everything.

The only thing that can't disprove God's existence is "what was there before the big bang?" If you can answer that, then the question becomes, "what was there before that?"

That's the only reason I believe in the existence of God. Otherwise, everything what is purely evolution.

[Asker]

Evolution could not have created everything with such details the system of the world and the way it runs it requires a very wise person to make basically an artist. So God is evolution or made evolution.

[joe_schmidt]

Like I said, until there's a logical answer as to what was there before the big bang, you have to believe in some form of higher power. But beyond that, with BILLIONS of years of evolution, it's very possible to make everything with the intricate details and way of life for all living things on earth.

[Asker]

Mmm no there’s no way makes no sense. Still waiting for us humans to evolve into something else it’s been time 🌚

[Asker]

Also we wouldn’t have a conscious either. We would be just like animals if all we are in an evolution.

[joe_schmidt]

That's what evolution is lol. Every living thing had evolved into what is necessary for the environment they're in. Evolution is also nothing more than mutations of cells.

For instance, everything on earth all started with a single cell organism. Due to a mutation of that cell, it became a multi-cell organism.

Over billions of years and mutations, that mutli-cell organism evolved into something large enough to see with the human eye (if humans existed then). Evolution and the mutations of those cells created a heart, lungs, gills, tails, scales, eyes, stomachs, etc.

This did not just happen over night. It took another billion years to mutate into what we now call fish.

Over time, there were a million more new species that evolved from the cell mutations. Some lost the gills and grew legs and began waking on land. Others continued evolving for life in the waters.

Those that became land organisms continued mutating to adapt to life on land. For instance, the fish with legs evolved into lizards and snakes. And yes, it's proven that some snakes actually have hip bones from when their ancestors used to have legs.

Eventually, as more billions of years passed, some of those lizards started growing much larger and their scales became tougher. Some of them grew large hind legs and short front legs, while some of them just grew drastically in size. These are how the dinosaurs were formed.

[joe_schmidt]

In other species, especially in colder regions, they began growing fur to adapt to their new climates.

With more evolution and mutations, the primates grew a conscious brain that could learn and adapt to their surroundings, outside of just instinct. For instance, they were able to forge weapons for hunting and defense. As a result, they no longer needed tails for survival, so their cells mutated and over time, they lost their tails. Similar to gorillas today.

As those primates started migrating to warmer climates, they no longer needed their thick fur, so ​their cells continued to mutate to where they were losing a large amount of their fur.

As they continued to evolve, they started standing upright and became Neanderthals which eventually evolved into humans.

As for why we aren't evolving now? Look around, we ARE evolving. We went from only having a fire made of sticks, to having fireplaces in our homes. To using that fire to create machines and basically play a huge role in the industrial revolution.

We now have computers that were once as big as an auditorium to just do simple math, to control just about every aspect of life in the palm of your hand.

There are also people who evolved into a genius like Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking that advanced our world by leaps and bounds.

If you want to think closer to home, look at the evolution of a newborn baby. It starts as nothing more than a single celled organism called sperm. That sperm migrates until it finds an egg which it then fertilizers. Then, that single-cell organism evolves into a mutli-cell organism. It continues evolving and mutating until it develops a heart and lungs. With several more weeks of evolution, it grows arms and legs, a head, eyes, mouth, and nose, etc.

[joe_schmidt]

After approximately 9 months, that single-cell organism mutated into a newborn baby and the female body has already evolved enough to push it out.

It's not a joke when they say women have a higher pain tolerance than men. They do, because that's what is needed for them to give birth.

We are constantly evolving every single day.

Now, it might be another million or billion years from now to really see a physical change in our bodies, but even today, our cells are mutating to better accommodate our environment.

[Guffrus]

There is not a single shred of evidence to support your claim.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/s0b44l66tQQhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/V7-lFfEIS9U

[Asker]

Lmao. Repent because hell exists. If we were delusional about god we wouldn’t be able to sense and feel him which even non Christians have experienced I’ve prayed before and had a lot of break through prayers work.

[Guffrus]

Why are you laughing?

You are wrong and you pay the consequences of that every day and this life is all there is.

You won't even listen to the reasons why, that makes you willfully ignorant.

Regarding prayer; you should educate yourself and learn what confirmation bias is as you clearly have no idea.

George Carlin also puts it quite nicely.

www.youtube.com/watch

[Asker]

Eyaaah. No. I feel bad for non Christian’s sometimes.

[Guffrus]

Well, the feeling is mutual.

The difference is that I don't need or want your pity, I am not the one with the problem.

You have been mind fucked since birth and never given an opportunity to properly develop your mind and because you have, you can't even tell.

You don't have the first idea what knowing something even is.

You are completely fucking clueless.

[jshm2]

You're confused.

Only created things "exist". As to exist means to have a beginning and end. God can have neither. Therefore you ask "Is there a God?" instead. The answer being he is the original and infinite upon which all the finite returns.

As for your assertion, maybe watch less crappy half wit videos on such subjects that disturb you? A bit daft of you to go down rabbit holes you're scared of, then stress that they are triggering you.

[Asker]

Sorry I was just being young and stupid your probably obsessed with young women so you’ll deal with a lot of daft ness sigh.

[Asker]

There is a god and I know so get going.

[Citizenkirk]

Who creates the creator, and don't give me that tired " God has no beginning or end" dogma, because everyone has a beginning and an end, including God.
The freak gods, -hrr, I mean, Greak gods, were created by the Titans and they were created by Uranus and Gaia.

[Wester1967]

Christianity insists on a separate "creator" which is outside of and not part of the universe. Many Eastern religions and native indigenous religions say that the creator is the universe. So, go figure. I like the later conception because the first one always leads to authoritarianism

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

God created everything perfect originally but do to sin everything became corrupt and decayed.

God doesn't have a origin or nor end otherwise He couldn't be Almighty God.

Truly amazing and that's why He is worthy of worship, power, honor and glory forever.

[Asker]

Amen

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

👍👍

[Dinosaursandanime65]

He is the creator of all. Time didn’t exist before he made our universe so there was no point where he was made. He was the beginning

[Asker]

Amen

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Bah.

[devoygf]

didn't know you were a Christian

[Dinosaursandanime65]

@devoygf Of course.

[OddBeMe]

What if things just happen because they can? We happen to be on the perfect rock in orbit around the sun, with just enough warmth for life.

I love Douglas Adam's euphemism: A pool of water becomes sentient and thinks "this hole is perfectly made for me."

[Asker]

That’s very sad the world is ending soon seek God and not fake wanna be wise person. Hell exists repent.

[OddBeMe]

Is there any evidence for your beliefs?

[Z1pTD]

Everything has to. I’m on the same level with god. Sometimes there are things we just can’t understand. It’s the same thing with the particle that banged the universe into existence with evolution. How did it get there in the first place? Doesn’t matter. There’s a god who made stuff and what we do with what we have is what matters

[MCheetah]

I'm agnostic. I don't know, and I don't care. But if there WAS a higher power, then I seriously doubt a species as stupid as humanity could figure out what it is.

[PeacefulRainDrop]

Yes.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

In Genesis God created the world by speaking.

[JasM0]

If creation exits at human level with the arts and sciences, why not at the micro and macro levels.


Cheers!

[Birdlegs]

Not necessarily. The universe kinda created itself and continually creates more and more automatically.

[vald9inches]

Only a sadistic god would create imperfect beings and inflict pain and suffering on them. So there is no god but we could be in some sort of experiment or simulation

[Asker]

When did god inflict suffering on you please?

[vald9inches]

I have a cold right now

[Anonymous]

It's far more complex than we give it credit for. Even the Bible is more complex than most know. But to understand it, you have to let go of certain ideas that have been taught for centuries, but aren't in the Bible at all.

[AndrésC64]

If everything has a creator then that includes god.

God's God
https://youtu. be/ODetOE6cbbc

[Asker]

No it doesn’t. Chill. Repent and come to god he loves you because he’ll exists and he wants to protect you

[AndrésC64]

That's called the Special Pleading fallacy.

[Asker]

Chill