Do you believe God created the world?

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nightdrot · Accepted Answer

Yes. As G. K. Chesterton wrote, “It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.”

The paradox is that the atheist is as extreme in his way as is the religious fanatic. Because the atheist sees evil in the world, he jumps to the conclusion that there must therefore be no God.

This presents two problems. First, if there is nothing but the impersonal forces of nature and the laws of physics, then there is no free will. Every thought, every action is predetermined by the intermix of molecular and physical reactions. Nothing can be other than what it is.

The problem then becomes that your belief that God does not exist is then also a simple biochemical molecular reaction. You came to the only conclusion that your physiological structure predetermined you would.

However, if that is true, then your conclusion is no more valid than the opposite conclusion. It was simply the luck of the draw of your brain's electro-chemical reactions and you end up in an intellectual hall of mirrors.

In that connection, atheism tends to premised on a rejection of the idea of God in the absence of proof of His benevolence. This leaves the atheist effectively rejecting only one vision of God - namely the Judeo-Christian version. In truth, there are other conceptions of God. (For example, the ancient Greeks believed that the gods were arbitrary and capricious.)

The second point is that if everything in the universe must have a beginning, then logically something must stand outside the universe to start the universe itself. Chesterton's point stands and is a reflection of Aquinas' view of God as the first cause of all things.

The funny part is that the atheist argues that the universe is more complex than religion. Yet their own explanation is, itself, an oversimplification. Order does not spontaneously come from chaos without something outside itself to impose order. Similarly, if all things existing must start, then something must exist outside of it to start it.

Yet the atheist's problem remains. That the order of existence came from chaos absent something to give it order. It just happened - with the caveat that we don't know how - but it happened within existence because existence is all there is.

That is a presumption - and a problem - for atheism.

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

No. Not at all. Humans are an insanely idiotic species, and almost every human being on the planet has no idea who THEY even are, with 100% accuracy. So I severely doubt primitive humans from 1000+ years ago had an accurate view of the universe or who "the creator" is. I'm not going to say they're flat-out wrong, because I'm agnostic, but... Religion is dumb. Really, REALLY, f*cking dumb. Just like humanity, as a whole.

I'm not saying the Big Bang Theory is the most accurate cause of our creation, but it makes a lot more sense than an old man in the sky who watches us suffer all day long. Not to mention, he's supposed to look like us, too? Does that mean Yahweh has a c*ck? If God is a woman like Ariana Grande thinks, does that mean she'd have Holy T*ts? Why, though? Why would Yahweh need a dick? Why would a goddess need t*tties? Why would they be human-like, at all? Does that mean one could theoretically f*ck God? Did Jesus die a virgin? Wouldn't that make him an incel by modern standards? See why anthropomorphizing a supreme deity is a bad idea? Humans suck! Why would you want your supreme deity to be anything like humanity?

For all we know, there could be a Yahweh/One Above All/The Presence out there. But as I said, humanity is probably dead wrong about who he/she/it is. And that's okay. I think it's better that we DON'T know, rather than be dependent on some idiotic fairy tales written in a time when most of humanity still believed the Earth was flat. But like I said, humanity is an arrogant, stupid species. So who am I to tell people what to believe in? I used to believe in love and happy marriages, once upon a time. So I guess we ALL believe in fairy tales, to some extent!

Thanos just chillin' with God and Her perfect 34DD's.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

As a biology major, yes I do. I'm also a young earther, currently teaching a Christian science group. A lot of evolutionary theory scientifically coincides with much of the Genesis account of creation. But I think we don't take the time to think about things fully, so we jump to "mythology". Has anyone thought about how God created light before He created the heavenly bodies? Or how the spherical shape of the earth is the reason our days and nights are separated and the reason for that shape is magnetic fields, like the Van Allen Belts? Or how evaporation and condensation of a water vapor layer over a molten core, combined with the coolness of space could create an atmosphere, oceans, and a supercontinent quite plausibly? Or my favorite... without a sun we would have no rotation... meaning there is no telling how long the first four "days" actually were- they MIGHT have been the equivalent of millions or billions of years. There is too much that lines up for me, on a scientific basis, to ignore it. I love how the actual greek translation does not say God took Adam's "rib", but rather an "appendage". My hypothesis is that this referred to the first human sex chromosomes.

I believe fully.

zariahdp · Accepted Answer

Honestly I don’t think so. We as people believe what we’ve been taught our whole lives especially when it comes to religion. People often use prayer and the Bible for answers but it should mainly be used as a way to keep faith not a way to solve your Problem. Have you ever thought about why you went through what you’ve been through in the course of your life? Why those bad things happened to you or why became homeless when you did everything in your life right or attempted to and everything went to crap anyway. I feel like we don’t give OURselves enough credit for persevering, we only acknowledge that some higher being is responsible for getting you through it when it isn’t always true , because if that’s the case why did that person who isn’t religious still made it?

I’ve pried myself to read different religious books and we should all know the Bible has been changed, translated, edited & at some point some stuff was taken out as well.

I believe there is a higher being but who knows if your god or the next god is the right one. We should look for faith not look for something to idolize and worship when no matter what YOU have to deal with this harsh reality not some god

dangerDoge · Answer

This is kind of a fence-sitter answer, but I really don’t believe in either way, since I have no evidence that has really swayed me to either position. I don’t see why I need to pick a side particularly either.

My view is that it’s like asking someone “what weather was it 1000 years ago, before it was tracked? Was it raining, warm, sunny, etc?” We can narrow down things it probably wasn’t and say stuff like “it wasn’t fire and brimstone” with logic, but there isn’t really a way of knowing for certain what the answer is.

People have even less knowledge about something like a beginning of the earth. Hell— even if there was a god that created the earth, we don’t know how they created it. Being forced to pick a side on an issue when there isn’t any conclusive evidence either way seems a bit extreme. I’d go so far as to say that if someone were forcing a person to pick a side, it’d be mainly a vain band-aid for their own conscious/affirmation to make them feel more secure within their personal logic.

Thus, I sit on the fence, until I find something that proves it otherwise for me.

Guy13 · Answer

Yes, and I can give you a Secular and Philosophical argument, Proof, and Truth.
Lets start with common sense givens.
Givens:
1. Something can NOT Self-create or self-start.
2. If there is Something now (You, Me, and world/Intelligent Design) then there always had to be Something.
3. If there was ever Nothing then there would still be Nothing as Something can not be derived from Nothing.
4. Obviously, given our world and scientific discovery, there was Resting Mass, Resting Motion, and Resting Energy. And obviously Resting objects can not self-combust into a Resting State.
Therefore:
Since a resting State can neither self-create or self-start then there had to be a Creator and a First Cause. The only possible solution is a Creator, God.

Furthermore, every other creation model ends in a linear egress (.999999) into Infinity. One can not say every Cause has a Cause as that is nonsensical and goes into Infinitude. Evolution is an incomplete answer resting in linear and infinite redundancy. What caused the Bang for instance given object-creation and/or object-self start into Being is not cogently possible.

Every Effect (Resting State) has a First Cause. Both Effect and Cause originate from a Prime Mover-Creator, God.
-See Genesis 1

Massageman · Answer

Absolutely and Amen for that! ref Answers in Genesis.

What Is Biblical Creation?
Biblical creation is based on the Bible where God created the universe and everything in it as described in Genesis (Genesis 1:1-2:3 is the specific creation week though commonly creation means Genesis 1-11). The Creator did not need matter, large amounts of time, energy, or anything else. He created out of nothing in six literal normal-length days about six thousand years ago.

Biblical creation is not compatible with the belief that the world just happened through an extended, naturalistic, and chance process over many billions of years. Biblical creation upholds the Bible as God’s eyewitness account of actual creation events since God was the only one there to observe what happened at the very beginning.

In addition, biblical creationists do not view the Bible or the book of Genesis as a mythological or allegorical document. Instead, the Bible is rightly considered a historical document that records what actually happened and is the only true and real history.

ohshee · Answer

I dont know I have never read the bible I do know this tho everything that is not man-made on this planet is made with perfection there's a reason for it and everything in K'Nex one way or another together I do know that it says did God got the water from the heavens well water to me is almost like a God because it is a computer it holds memory if you when you touch water it knows who you are it remembered you for the rest of your life and if God himself touched water water remembers him and we drink water and get this life we live in it for 9 months out of the year when we are being conceived there's something very very special about it the Big Bang created the Earth but are the world I guess I should say but who made the big bang happen this is a very good question I really like it what do you think I'd like to know your opinion

Phoenix-gb · Answer

Nope, we've observed the creation of planets and planetoids and know exactly how they were formed. We know how atmospheric changes occur (creation of the ozone layer) and what effects they have. While we have yet to determine how life began, the application of intense solar radiation prior to the creation of the Ozone layer is one of many current theories as to how the first single cell organisms may have been created.

If you are religious and have faith, then nothing I say will change your mind and nor do I wish to, what you believe is up to you, as is what I believe. There were just too many "why?" points in theistic dogma for it to stick with me.

Dontabesillybe · Answer

How could a man create all this?
Because man wasn't a thing until recently, what I'm saying is there was no such as thing as humans for the first 6 billion years or something, we only evolved recently, so if God was there at the start, how would he know to be human if human was a foreign concept back then?
And if he's not a human man... What is he? He must be a thinking someone that thinks things and has a mind and is conscious, he can't jus be a thing, he must be a someone, but how could a someone who know how to make science and nature and make everything work so perfectly the way it does? Even the smartest mind couldn't think all that up.
All this obviously created itself

No offence but if you believe in God you are dumb

Anonymous · Answer

The best argument I've heard as evidence is either a) look how perfect it is, it must have been designed for us or b) even if there was a Big Bang, there must have been something to provide the energy, a "big banger" which would be God.

Problem with A is that we are only seeing a version of life that we know... If it were truly perfect O2 levels would be substantially higher with CO and CO2 lower, cyanide wouldn't exist in nature, and we would be able to breathe under water without scuba.

As Douglas Adams put it, it's not unlike a puddle in a pothole. The puddle suddenly becomes self aware and looks at how the hole so perfectly fits him, when the reality is his shape is simply a product of the shape of the hole. The shape of the puddle could only exist in THAT way to exist.

Problem with B is that "God" shouldn't be the go-to answer when we don't know the answer.. it's simply "God of the gaps."

GlassTop · Answer

If you’ve seriously studied biology and medical science, it’s pretty hard to argue there isn’t some type of higher being. Life is not possible with random chance. It’s literally impossible without some type of intervention. Earth is so perfect for living conditions, we’ll never find a livable substitute.

lightbulb27 · Answer

Yes, but no idea where God came from. That seems as obvious as icing on a cake. That is... God being love, love being an emotion, emotions are energy. That means God is energy. DUH... energy made the universe... checkmark!

I don't think that is the important question in the Bible nor the purpose of that. The time spent explaining how it all started is very little, albeit when written, would be a lot to write. I find the explanations of creation insightful but have to dig to see it.

SweetFyter · Answer

Absolutely. How else can you explain NATURE? There's way too much complexity in nature for it to be coincidental. Seriously - DNA? The distance between earth and out sun that's JUST enough to support life? I could go on and on but, yeah... I def believe!

SilverBri · Answer

I think something created the world/universe, but not this God that people speak of. I think it's something much bigger than that and we as humans don't even have the brain power to comprehend it. If God created the world, something had to create them as well, and that what created God had to be created etc. etc. Yeah i think about this a lot when im high lol😅

Lliam · Answer

I don't believe the story in Genesis. Whether a god or natural forces created the universe, I don't even care to speculate. It isn't important to me because there is no way of knowing.
I don't think there is a god that cares more about humans any more than nature cares more about the fox than the hare. In the scheme of things, I think humans are just another form of creature that evolved on this planet. And if there is a god, it probably watches passively with interest and amusement.

Apulu_3 · Answer

I believe a power did it and we consider that power as god. Because of course someone had done something in it to form this universe. Just like a drawing can't be drawn without artist, world also must have it's artist. I'm logical so I don't believe in god and religions very much but I'm sorta spiritual so I do believe in power which did it.

ChefPapiChulo · Answer

I think most people don’t know what they’re talking about. Most people when they try to argue against religion or spirituality are arguing against establishment or authority. Most of these people have 0 clue and just spout nonsense about how “science proves God wrong” or “why don’t you prove he’s real then”? as if something has to have existential proof in order to be real.

just lmao.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

He very well may have, but not 6000 years ago, and not in the 7 days that the Bible claims. If he had the power to create it so quickly, than why spread it out over 7 days?

But neither God nor the Big Bang make sense to me. Because how could an entire universe form from literally nothing?

jshm2 · Answer

Depends what you mean by "create" as the human assumption would be a via factories or by hand.  God made the world possible, the process is something we could never know.

imfreeze95 · Answer

Yes it makes sense I don’t see how something this complicated just happens. I went to interior design school I know how much effort it takes to make a house a home I can’t imagine a Godless world.

slatyb · Answer

I don't know or care. No one else knows or can know. What do be we know? Prayer does not work. Since there is nothing for me to do, I'm not worrying about it.

call_me_scar · Answer

No as we are hardly the oldest planet so unless god was on reddit jacking himself off fir billions of years at a time it doesn't make any sense. Well that and we can measure big bangs effects and movements and all that

Seinna · Answer

Yes! Except I don't believe in it, I KNOW IT. Anyone who research about this world will inevitably reach that conclusion.

Sonorous · Answer

I don't agree with the whole "God" notion. It's a very human thing to want. I believe our origin is much deeper & complex than that.

EnglishEuropean · Answer

Firstly I don't believe in God. Secondly the Earth was formed by dust and gas coalescing under the influence of gravity. No divine intervention required, no six days of hard labour.

BipBipLeddus · Answer

I don't have any reason to believe that, but I'm not about to argue with anyone who does; I don't know everything.

laurieluvsit · Answer

Totally, yes!

MountAverage · Answer

No, that's a very lazy and nonsensical "explanation" (it isn't an actual explanation). There's also the problem of infinite regress with that claim, so there really is no good reason to believe in something like that.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, God created the world. This is basic fucking science. If you DONT AGREE ITS BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE THE RIGHT DEFINATION OF GOD. He isn't some fucking dude in the sky. Sorry just so tired of ignorance.

Julie4 · Answer

No, God is a creation of man, and man is not a creation of god.

Blonde401 · Answer

I don’t believe in a higher power in any form, so no.

dustybiker · Answer

I’d have to believe in the figure to blame it all on first.

SecretsofKB · Answer

Nope. I have no idea how we got here, but I doubt it was a god.

IveGotNoName · Answer

No. I think the whole idea is somewhat childish. A way to cope with meaninglessness.

Anonymous · Answer

It's as good an explanation as anything. Atheists have a hard time believing that, but they have no problem believing in a Big Bang theory. Yeah, because that just makes so much sense.

Jessica405 · Answer

No. There is no all-powerful being. Just mythology.

InYourHead · Answer

I believe a God did. I don't know which one but I don't think any atheistic view makes sense.

sean1234 · Answer

The God of the holy bible, King James Version, yes!

AdithyaR · Answer

Personally, I do not. I'm an astrophysics enthusiast and an atheist. So I side with the big bang theory.

VikingWarLord · Answer

Which SKY-DADDY did it?  Do you think the SKY-WIZARD would  create all this and then 'Hide' ?

Jay3344 · Answer

Yes, but I don’t think of God as an old man. More like energy since energy cannot be created or destroyed and is everywhere.

Dchrls78104 · Answer

Yes. The sun, the sand, and the soil bear the stamp of being created.

LegendaryIcon · Answer

im an agnostic jew i identify as a jew but i question the existence of god at the same time I just don't like the things people often do in the name of "god"

saturnianqueen · Answer

God is just the universe and its processes. Thats it.

Valso · Answer

Let me put it this way:

HaveNoName · Answer

I know for sure that none of my grandparents nor ancestors did. Neither do I believe that scientists did it.

AndrésC64 · Answer

Of course, when Nyx hatched the golden egg, half of the shell became the sky and the other half became the Earth.

Sabretooth · Answer

yes. evolution makes little sense... even some scientists don't subscribe to the notion that things just magically poofed into existence, worked as they should and all without a guiding hand.

Anonymous · Answer

No, because then I would have to come up with who created God.

Anonymous · Answer

Eh, not really. I am really curious about the answer of people who believe in polytheistic religions to this question.

DWornock · Answer

The earth was created from matter created in a super nova (large exploding star).

genericname85 · Answer

of course not. god didn't create the world. we know that.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

No thats ridiculous and I am shocked that so many people still believe in superstition

Andro36 · Answer

Nope. That is just too basic given how complex life actually is

anton_dee · Answer

Difficult question. The world and universe had to come from somewhere, right?

Mango77 · Answer

Personally no I don't I agree with a greater outer existence though

lpoots · Answer

as the bible was written by man what do you expect the bible to say

Better_off_here · Answer

well if he did not than some other person did, either way we are here and we should enjoy it too.

Zygum · Answer

Allah, (The God) Almighty is the sole Creator of this Universe

EmmaMary · Answer

Just One Word, Two Letters... NO .

sunflower00 · Answer

No I don’t believe in God

Sincerly_KittyCat · Answer

Yes, I do. Point blank period

God_of_Thunder · Answer

I don't believe in God, so... no.

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