Question

A colleague of mine is a moderate atheist he has posed a following question to me; It is stated that there needs to be a “beginning” or a “creator” of this universe (due to its incredible nature) and therefore this must be God (or an intelligent entity for some groups). With this logic, I contend that it would be similarly impossible to accept that an entity such as God could simply just exist without a creator or a beginning. An entity capable of creating our universe would similarly need to be explained. Similarly, if God had a creator, then what is the origin of the first creator? I contend that if God does not require a creator, then neither does our universe.

Answer

We look for a creator only when we are convinced that something is created.

God is a being that himself has created time. Therefore any question that can suggest anything about God being restricted to time will be irrelevant. “Who created God” means that at a time, God did not exist. This itself goes against the definition of ‘God’. God does not have a beginning or end and he always existed and even the word ‘always’ in my sentence is not an accurate word because it again limits God to a dimension of time. The fact is, God, (or for your friend, our concept of God) is beyond time and therefore the question of “who create” does not even apply to Him.

Answered by: Farhad Shafti

Date: 2015-03-21