Choose one, the universe or the concept of a god.?
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The universe...\n\nIf anyone else tells you they know for fact what comes before/after this universe is just plain wrong.\n\nThere is nothing to suggest God, there is everything to suggest the universe... Hmmm i wonder which to pick.\n\nBlind faith sounds appealing and all, but i'll go with experience, fact and logic: the universe.
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God is that which IS.\n\nThe "I AM".\n\nFREE WILL gives you the opportunity to choose what you believe here.....\nGod is God no matter what you choose.\n\nTIME is an illusion of a conditional world. \n \nTherefore, outside of the conditional reality there is no "before", "during" or "after" anything.
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God. (cheating) This explanation is what everyone eventually resorts to when the other answers fail. Now, before I go any further, I should make clear that I'm not talking about any of the gods defined in various religions. Throughout all of human history, we've been trying to explain existence. But nobody has ever succeeded. And it's likely that nobody ever will. So we create the concept of God, whose only necessary property is being "that which explains existence." \n\nThis doesn't tell us much about god, though. It doesn't mean that any particular religion is correct. It merely defines god as something which answers The Question, because we have not been able to.\nread this: http://www.toykeeper.net/philosophy/knowledge
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Personally I don't reject the idea, but I don't exactly embrace it, either.  \n\nLet me pose this to you:  If there are an infinite number of universes, and let's say, just for now, that there is a Divine Creator, did this ONE being create the infinite universes you describe?  Or are there in infinite number of this Creator?\n\nNext thought:  If, for every action/thought/possibility there is a separate universe, on how many of them would you actually exist?  On how many universes did life on Earth actually form (assuming evolution)?  \n\nLastly:  Take the statement that there are an infinite number of possibilities and that what we perceive from instant to instant is merely what we have CHOSEN to perceive at that instant, is there a separate universe created for each of those possibilities which are not perceived, or, because they aren't perceived (therefore not "real") do they fail to "launch" a separate universe?\n\nIf you haven't noticed, I find the ideas of possiblity incredibly fascinating. \n\nI hope I didn't make your brain explode!
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Ok friend i will like to give the answer in 2 point of view.\n1)Scientific:As there is no existence of God according to science the number of God is always zero.However for the existence of universe there can't be another universe other than it because if u think of the word "existence" it is defined in such a way which includes space and time in it.That is existence of something means some instance of that event in a particular point of space time structure.But both space and time are limited to this universe.So there is nothing(actually there is no existence of word to describe this) beyond the universe.\n\n2)Philosophically:According to Hindu Philosophy(I have only learnt it and am satisfied)there is nothing name GOD.It's a word that describe the whole thing.What u say "aprior",past,time ,space,universe there is nothing such that.It's only what ur mind reflects to YOU from this universe.This YOU is the GOD.The reason behind it is the simple fact that something cannot be created from nothing it can only change forms.So it exist all the time and including the time.There is no numbers so no limits.But why the YOU feels something which is different from YOU as we feel new experience from the universe. This described as MAYA a camouflage created from that YOU to make the discriminations.\n So there is not many GOD nor one GOD it's YOU God which can't be described by numbers.
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An argument could be made -- a yin yang comparison.  Even from a more traditional Judaeo-Christian perspective, since god is omnipresent, couldn't he be both god and satan?  A method of introducing free will, perhaps.
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Awesome question.  God and his pantheon.  Awesome!
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Man did not create God.  God has always been.  He is the one who created the universe and everyone in it including us.
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God. (cheating) This explanation is what everyone eventually resorts to when the other answers fail. Now, before I go any further, I should make clear that I'm not talking about any of the gods defined in various religions. Throughout all of human history, we've been trying to explain existence. But nobody has ever succeeded. And it's likely that nobody ever will. So we create the concept of God, whose only necessary property is being "that which explains existence." \n\nThis doesn't tell us much about god, though. It doesn't mean that any particular religion is correct. It merely defines god as something which answers The Question, because we have not been able to. \nplease read this http://www.toykeeper.net/philosophy/knowledge
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There are 0 gods.\n\nThe difference between your god and mine is that I don't have one, whereas, you also don't have one, but possibly believe that you do.
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None.  There is no God. \n\nReligion is a primitive attempt at understanding how the world works. It has been completely replaced by the Scientific Method, which is the greatest discovery of all time.\n\nThere is no more evidence for the existence of God than there is for the existence of leprechauns. Better to spend our time enjoying our wonderful world and helping our fellow beings instead of arguing about which brand of imaginary supernatural friend is the "right one".
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Both. \n\nWho did it?  God.\nWhat did God do?  Create the heavens and the Earth.\nHow did God do it? By using techniques available at such a high order that only today are scientists beginning to understand some of the complexities of it all.\n\nSee, scientists and theologists are climbing up the same hill, but on different sides of the hill.  Once they get to the top, they will be able to see that they were both achieving the same goals and truths.  \n\nThe fact that the things God created are believed to be from magic is amazing.  Understand that the "Big Bang" theory does not exclude God's presence, but only accounts for the forces at work to produce the universe.  This is the "science" of God.  Remember, God has Angels to assist in accomplishing the Will of God.\n\nThe method God used to create the universe appeared to later scientists as the "Big Bang."  Liken this to the explosion of a kernal of corn that creates a different looking product called "popcorn."  Now, imagine yourself as a fly on the wall.  Could you understand what just happened to that kernel of corn?  Would you call it magic because you didn't understand the series of events taking place to alter the kernel's appearance?\n\nWell, this is far from the relativity of human's intelligence compared to an entity that has been around for before the beginning time as we know it.\n\nJust remember, the "Big Bang" theory only explains the processes to produce the universe, not the authors of those processes.
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I like your logic, and I agree.  I believe all gods are one God, just different names/aspects.  The supreme ruler is an IMMENSE being, and mere humans with our human brains cannot possibly interpret the whole thing as it is.  So we look at aspects of the supreme being.  I see one part, and you see another part.  But we're seeing the same Being.
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There is no such thing as god, its a man made concept.\nDont worry about it. When you die your dead thats it.
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I believe in a higher power. I don't know if I believe in God or a God.
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Basically that something designed the entire universe/world.  Might be God or might be called something else.
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I agree that the Universe was created by a higher being. I don't agree that said being created man at all. However, I do think that by becoming aware of ourselves and simply believing in said being's existence that said being is now aware of us. I don't believe that God/Diety/whatever you want to call it really gives a damn what we do. Anyway...I think that all beings, sentient or otherwise, that exist in the Universe are a result of the divine and since the divine makes no mistakes we are as we were meant to be. Flawed but still here. Still trying to find the meaning of it all.