Matter cannot be created or destroyed. If God made everything, then everything was part of him. So, in a sense, matter has always existed.
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"Matter can be neither created or destroyed" is an old saw from pre-Einstein physics.  Matter is continually being transformed into energy in every star in the sky in accordance with E = mc^2, so in that sense, there is certainly less matter in the universe now than when I started typing.  However, (I think) the equation is reversible, so the energy can be transformed back into matter, so maybe the answer is there has always been a constant amount of matter/energy in the universe.
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Gremlin I have contemplated this question for many years. The conclusion I have come to is this. For the Universe to exist today one of two things that we deem to be impossible has to have happened. Either something materialized from nothing, or something always was. At that point that we call "the beginning" one of those two things was fact. Which one, we may never know. So for me, "In the beginning God created" is as good an explanation as any. It cannot be proved or disproved. Perhaps it may be stated that in the beginning God said "BANG!!!". Perhaps God's previous job was just being an idea. Perhaps it was being the Idea (logos). Then the idea exploded into being, and God said "BANG".
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Who is the Creator \n\n\nBy Dr. Jaafar Shiekh Idris \n\nCan It Be Matter? \n    A very popular question among atheists is, ‘Granted that the existence of temporal things necessitates the existence of an eternal cause, why should that cause be the God of religion? Why can’t matter be eternal and be therefore in no need of an eternal creator?’ I shall argue, on an Islamic basis but at the same time also on a rational basis, that the attribute of eternity entails other attributes, which matter does not and cannot have, and cannot, in view of this, play the role of the original and ultimate cause of temporal things. Muslim theologians say that eternity of existence logically implies everlastingness. This is true because, if something is eternal then it does not depend for its existence on anything outside itself. If this is so then it can never pass away, because only those things pass away that lose some of the external conditions on which they depend for their existence. If the ultimate cause of temporal things is eternal and everlasting, it must of necessity be self-sufficient, qayyoom and ghanee. \n\n    Can there be more than one such creator? The Quran tells us that this is impossible;\n\n“God never had a child, nor have there been any gods beside him. [Had there been any], each of them would have appropriated to himself what he created, and some would have overcome others.” \n\n    This Quranic argument was paraphrased by some Muslims theologians in a way somewhat like the following: The assumption that there are gods beside the one true God leads to false consequences and must therefore be false. If there is more than one god, then (a) if every detail of everything in the world was the result of the action of one of the gods, it cannot at the same time be the result of the action of another god. But if (b) some things in the world were created by some gods, and others by other gods, then each god would rule independently over what he created, which means that nothing in his world can even in principle, be influenced by anything outside it. But this contradicts the observed unity and interdependence of the world. And if that is impossible, then (c) some gods will overcome others, but if that happens then the ones who are vanquished cannot be true gods. There can, therefore, be no more than one creator. \n\n    How does this creator create? Since He is self-sufficient, He cannot be said to depend on anything outside Himself in any actions, and cannot therefore be said to produce His effects the way natural causes do. But if He is not a natural cause, He must be a volitional agent. And since intention implies knowledge, and knowledge and intention imply life, he must be a living being. Since He is an eternal and everlasting being, all His attributes must reflect this quality; thus He must be not only knowing, but all-knowing, not only powerful, but all-powerful, etc. \n\n    Since no matter in any form can answer to these attributes, and since all these attributes are implied by the two attributes of eternity and everlastingness, no form of matter can be either eternal or everlasting, and thus no matter of any form can play the role of that ultimate cause. This much of the attributes that an eternal and everlasting creator must have is enough, I suppose, to show that it cannot be matter. \n\n    But this conclusion can be further confirmed by what modern science tells us about the nature of matter. \n\nWhy Should He Be the God of Islam? \n    Some might say, ‘Granted that this god is a personal and living God, and that He has the attributes which you mentioned, why should He be the God of Islam and not, say the Christian or Jewish God?’ The God of Islam is the God of all true prophets of God from Adam down to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. But it is a basic claim of the religion with which Muhammad came that previous religions (including Christianity and Judaism) have not been kept in their pristine form which those
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Oh good grief.  Physics 101.  Time is a function of the physical universe.  One of the four dimensions we easily observe.  It has no existance outside the boundaries of creation.  God did not exist "before" creation.  He exists beyond it.  The Creator is not bounded by his creation.  There was no "before" creation, as time itself is a function of that creation.  Nor will there be an "after" for the same reason.  The fact that we cannot comprehend an existance outside of time doesn't limit God.  It limits us.
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Yes, based upon these laws of physics you just described.  No one has ever been able to prove that God existed in this manner.  But, that doesn't mean he/she doesn't exist.  It just means we have yet to figure out how to prove it.  I saw Jesus once, but then I realized that was just his nickname, he was actually Chris Furgeson.
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even if we agree to the idea that there is a god who created us, which i do, in a way, i don`t think that he would have created an entire universe and only us as his servants.. and scientifically speaking the universe is so big that the possibility of us being alone is almost zero.
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God doesn't "manipulate" matters. God created everything. HE MADE the forces. HE doesn't need any force to do anything. God's will goes. But in order for us to grasp things, HE creates and changes our surrounding according to what we call the laws of physics. But sometimes, to restore our faith, he makes miracles, which don't really bow to the laws of physics.
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In the words of Einstein, matter is simply a different manifestation of energy.\n\n\nAs for energy, from everything we know about thermodynamics, it cannot be created or destroyed. Energy didn't come from anywhere and can't go anywhere. It simply IS.\n\nWhy? Well, we're not sure yet.
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What you say is extremely true!\n\nIf atheists were to support the assumption of the universe having come into being without any agent, then they are accepting one of two things: one, that it has always existed i.e. that it has no beginning; or two, that nothing produced something. Both of these statements are very difficult to swallow. The only way for them to justify their positions is to say, “We do not know the answer to that,” which is the same answer that religious people are always criticized for when they are asked something about God that they do not know. It is also no better than when believers say that God has no beginning or that prophets produced miracles; in fact, it is worse. \n\nPeople seem to accept that if there was a God, He would be able to do anything; and yet, when they are told that God has no origin, their minds fill with unsettling doubts of how this could be true. They say, “Everything has to have a beginning!” The problem here is that many of them have a false conception of God as having human attributes. The question of God having a beginning is invalid. The very powers and qualities of God enable Him to do the impossible, to bend the rules of logic and physics. So if God can create something out of nothing – a concept which contradicts our rational view of how the world functions – is it so hard to believe that God has always existed? He is the only One without a beginning. It sounds unnatural, but it makes sense. It also gives the only logical – or most logical – explanation of how the universe began. \n\nAs a side note, I've been trying to contact you from before, but it says that you haven't confirmed your email. Anyways, I would love to have conversations with you! My email is soli__man@hotmail.com (2underscores)\n\nPeace be with you
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I would say NO... at certain point, particles are made of energy, and energy can't be splitted as matter does...
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Who created that "all matter and energy".  Who caused that concentrated mass of material to explode.  Who created that single-celled organism.\n\nyes, i believe God is the origin of everything.
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It is an eternal question that we'll never know the answer to until we are dead.  I'd sit there when I was younger and think who made God and who made the being that created God and who made that being.  I think our sense of beginning and end is not in line with the big picture.  Our minds aren't ready for the truth.
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LOL I like Mainworry's answer...not!\nCreate anything living without using matter that already exists.\nHe's right, I can't we all can't.... yet!\nBut maybe we will Create matter, out of energy one day.\nThen what will he say.\nBut I know something I can create right now...GOD.\nYes I can create GOD In my own image.
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DISCLAIMER: the following only applies to those who believe in God.  \n\nHere is an even better question as an off shoot from this one: Can God create an immovable object?\n\nIf you say he can, then that means he can't move it, which puts a limit on his power.  But, if you say he can't, because he should be able to move anything, then again you are putting limitations on Him.  It's a real paradox.\n\nJust something to think about...
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The bible could be the place where he got his theory, but unlikely.  The theory that anti-matter exists comes from the big bang theory, which is comes out of scientific thought that there could be another explanation to our existence.  The liklihood that someone would come up with a different explanation using someone elses is small.  And anti-matter is a pretty far-fetched theory with no observable, reproducible, reproductions of anti-matter.
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He came from someones imagination. It is impossible to has existed for eternity. Everything has to have a point at which it was created or began.
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I think the question that you ask is a valid and an intelligent one- but the answer is very hard to formulate.\n\nSorry to disappoint you, but indeed, God has always existed since time immemorial, so there is nothing more ancient than God. Since God is an immortal entity, he has been here forever, and will thusly remain here forever...it's up to you to decide what 'here' means.\n\nNothing nor no one created him- although we tend to think of things in these concrete terms, and have a deep appreciation for causality and logic, many of the terms we use just don't apply to God, the creator of the cosmos. Again, he wasn't created- he has always been there. We can't see back that far into time.\n\nSorry if my answer fails to suffice. \n\nI am a Christian, by the way, if you were curious or if you hadn't gathered.