May 20, 2007

How did god come to exist?

God could not have been created, thus god would have always had to exist. If god were created, god would require a predecessor, which would also require a predecessor, and so on down the line into infinity. God would have to always have existed, therefor he must exist in a form in which time is irrelevant.

If god were to exist in a form in which time is irrelevant, he would need to have a non embodying presence. A presence in the form of a body would have to be created before it could exist. This would mean that god is not in the form of a human, or a spirit, much as he is depicted. If god were bound by the laws which govern our universe it would be most likely that he is in the form of energy. The only alternative would be something which does not have form, and does not exist outside of its own presence, thus is not bound by these governing laws.

2 comments:

Impious said...

This is only true if you consider God to have created the universe. However, God is an invention of man, and man hasn't been around that long.

Eric said...

Thanks for the comment impious. I replied to you with a post on my home page.

In short, God is indeed a figure thought up by man; however, the god I speak of is the presence that our existence [and our universe] is dependent upon.