Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Who Created G-D?


Question:
I've often heard the argument, that there must be a G-d, because creation is so well designed, that there must be a designer.

For example, the human brain is so complex, it must have a creator, so G-d must exist.

That makes sense, but by using the same logic, I can ask the question: Who created G-d?
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Answer:

Before creation, there was nothing but G-d, nothing else. When we say that G-d is the Creator, we don't just mean He created solid objects, like planets, trees and aardvarks; we mean, that He created everything.

Anything you can think of, every single existence, on every plain, and in every dimension, was once not, and G-d made it be.

That means, that even concepts were created by G-d. G-d not only created the concrete universe, made up of gases, solids and liquids; He also created all of the abstract realities, such as love, goodness, purpose and logic.

These concepts did not exist, before He created them.
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One concept G-d created, is the very concept of creation. G-d created the idea, that you can have nothing, and make something out of it.


The very notion, that something has a beginning, a point at which it came into existence - that notion itself, was created by G-d. The concept itself didn't exist before.

Just like there were no trees, before G-d created the first tree; so too there were no beginnings, before G-d created the first beginning. So your question is based, on a false premise.
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You can't ask, "Who created G-d?", because the whole concept of creating, was G-d's idea in the first place. There was no such thing as creation, before G-d came up with it.

Just as it is obvious, that the person who made the first cartoon, was not himself a cartoon; so too G-d, who invented the concept of creation, is not Himself a creation.
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G-d, the Creator, never changes, He is always the same; He always was, and always will be.


Humans, created beings that we are, do not remain the same. We once were not, and we had to be brought into being, and one day, we will be no longer.

And that is why we are so special, because as creations, we have the power to change; and that's the greatest gift of being human.

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