creator--theological argument?
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The only thing I have to argue with Christians and their male Creator stance is that there must have been a female co-creator in there, as well.  If we are created in God's image, and all of nature requires a male/female co-creating team, then it would only seem natural to have a female aspect in the Divinity, wouldn't it?\n\nIn many of the New Age belief systems, there is a female aspect to the creation, and, while there is a great similarity to the rest of the fundamental laws (do no harm, treat others as you would yourself, etc.), the female aspect is the one thing that causes folks a great deal of stress.
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No - because belief in God is different from proving His existence - Faith allows and encourages belief in the creator without physically dragging God into a room and shouting - Here He is!.\n\nAs a christian, we believe we face evil everyday. It is either natural evil (Natural catastrophes) or evil inflicted on others by man.\n\nEvil exists - we can clearly see it, however this does not necessarily make it necessary to "believe" that there is an entity called "the devil" - however it's easier to believe that he exists than it is to believe that God exists.\n\nChristians believe that God is the Creator -look what he created - this wonderful and beautiful planet, He is the Saviour(and I use this not in the evangelical sense as I am a Catholic - and don't believe that God the Father willed his son to die in an atoning sacrifice.  I don't believe that his blood "had" to be shed for people's redemption - however it was a fact that it did take place - and it allowed the Christian community to accept the validity of Christs death on the cross.\n\nJesus preached forgiveness which was unconditional - the same applies with redemption -I dont believe that God the Father "willed" this to be the way of salvation.  God, being God could have chose another way.  If the forgivness of Jesus was limited to "asking for our own forgivness on the condition that we do the same too - then the same would apply to God the Father as the son of God is equally God in our own human state. \n\nMy rant is now over - I hope that this throws a wee bit more light on what your looking for.
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holy.........haha. well, at least you believe greatly in your disbelief.......you a lawyer? or should be one anyways. so if you were, would you put someone on the stand and ask them to swear on the bible? hmmmm.....i believe in god. cept i call him creator. i believe there is a spirit world.......were we all evolved from. but, i ain't going on and on about  that. i'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. but.....i just thought there was so much effort put into your question.........a great belief in presenting your disblief
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Since there is no proof either way (pro or con) an athiest has chosen one of 2 logical positions.  He just has chosen one that differs from the "believers".  His decision has no more or less merit than those who choose god.
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Or another way to ask your question, what CAUSED God?  Only things that have a beginning require a cause to get started.  Seeing God had no beginning, he did not require anything to cause Him to be.  I think He said it best when He said, "I am".
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in the Psalms it says a fool says" There is no God"\n\nIf you put all the necessary "ingredients" together to make a single living cell ...ONE, not billions...how long would it take? would it happen at all? to have a creation there must be a Creator.
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Creator was very carefully chosen as it is denotative neutral. I would expect anyone logical to agree that something or some things had to put this macro environment together and take the blame for what is going on in this creation.\n\nAnybody that has a great need to name or have named for them something they can blame or thank, and thus be made happy--is happy by licking up to their translation of creator.. \n\nThem guys at the hall weren't no slouches on putting words together to satisfy a bunch of cantankerous pioneers and just off the boat dandies with some dangling pastors.
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There is a creator.  Without intelligent design, we would be.... what?  EVERYTHING is evidence of intelligent design.  Even a worm cannot be made by a man.  That tells you something, right? Even a person who has not read Genesis can figure out that they cannot 'create' anything.  We can only take the created raw materials and mix and match them around to make something... but never CREATE anything.  God is not a creature... he always WAS, so that is why he can create.
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So many people ask this question.  God is the Creator.  He is NOT part of the Creation.  He is the Creator.  He was not created.  He is GOD.  That's what makes Him God.  He has always been.  He is not subject to time.  Time was also something He created.  He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end.  He has no beginning or end.  He is GOD.  He is bigger, and smarter, and holier than we can even fathom.
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One of the things that my Pastor always says is that the creation tells man that God exists and that man has a obligation to look for God also.  I think God is sayin that they don't have an excuse cause he made the things so they would know.    \nRomans  1:20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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False.  It is not a reasonable argument.  Proof by contradiction.\n\nAssume that the universe is so complicated that it could only exist if God exists.\n\nThe universe exists.  Therefore, God exists.\nSo we would have proof that God exists.  \n\nReligion is founded on faith.  Without faith, there would be no Religion.\n\nProof that God exists, negates faith in God.  People wouldn't worship a God that is proved to exist.  People wouldn't found various religions.  People wouldn't go forth and spread the word of God.  All these things would be unnecessary, since God's existence would be a fact of life, like Gravity, Death, and Taxes.\n\nReligion would not exist.\nBut Religion does exist.  \n\nThis contradiction proves that our original assumption is false.\n\nTherefore, the universe is NOT so complicated that it could only exist if God exists.  Q.E.D.
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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.
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a straight answer? God wasn't created. He has just always been (existed). He is the author of all life, so He can't be created by anthing else.
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The Creator And The Cosmos...by Hugh Ross, Ph, D.
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creation or evolution?
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To one who examines the evidence, there can be no doubt that God exists. Every builing has a builder.  Everything made has a maker.  The fact of the existence of the Creator is self-evident. That's why the Bible says, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God'"(Psa 14:1). The professing atheist denies the common sense given to him by God, and defends his belief by thinking that the question "Who made God?" can't be answered. This, he thinks, gives him license to deny the existence of God.\n\nThe question of who made God can be answered by simply looking at space and asking, "Does space have an end?" Obviously, it doesn't. If there is a brick wall with "The End" written on it, the question arises, "What is behind the brick wall?" Strain the mind though it may, we have to believe (have faith) that space has no beginning and no end. The same applies with God.  He has no beginning and no end. He is eternal.\n\nThe Bible also informs us that time is a dimension that God created, into which man was subjected. It even tells us that one day time will no longer exist. That will be called "eternity." God Himself dwells outside of the dimension He created (2 Ti 1:9, Tit 1:2). He dwells in eternity and is not subject to time. God spoke history before it came into being. He can move through time as a man flips through a history book. Because we live in the dimension of time, logic and reason demand that everything must have a beginning and an end. We can understand the concept of space having no beginning and end--by faith. We simply have to believe they are so, even though such thoughts put a strain on our distinctly insuffecient cerebrum.\n\nHope this helps!
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"The heavens are declaring the glory of God; and of the work of his hands the expanse is telling."--Psalm 19:1.\n\n"Science and religion--no longer seen as incompatible."\n - The Daily Telegraph, London, May 26, 1999. \n\nI guess you've never seen the book:\n\n"Life--How Did It Get Here?  By evolution or by creation?"\n\nAlso, You must have missed getting a copy of Sept 2006 Special edition of the Awake! magazine: \n\n"Is There A Creator?"  \n\nIt is 32 pages of much of the latest info about Creation, including comments from 6 professional scientist/researchers who believe in Creation, and why they do.  Copies are still available, upon request.  http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?\ncontent=/region/global/english/releases/educational/060901.htm\nBoth publications are available at no charge.\nIf you'd like to pick up a copy/ies --or get Scriptural answers to more questions-- where you can find us, and what you can expect during a visit, is found here:\nhttp://jw-media.org/people/worship.htm\n\nThe quotes my A begins with are found in some of the following on-line articles, which are 'loaded' with Scriptural reasoning regarding Creation: \n\n Reconciling Science and Religion\n - An Enduring Quest\n - - Accept the Limits\n - - Let the known facts speak\n - - The Creative Days--Just 24 Hours Each?\n - - Faith, not credulity\n - - Respect science; acknowledge belief\n - - Has Science Taken the Moral High Ground?\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20020608/article_01.htm\n\nLife A Product of Design :\n - Copying Life's Marvelous Designs\n - Learning From Designs in Nature\n - The Great Designer Revealed\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20000122/article_01.htm\n\nThe Awesome Universe---Where Did It Come From? :\n - The Big Bang--What It Does & Doesn't Explain\n - So Mysterious, yet So Beautiful \n - 'Something is Missing'--What? \nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19960122/article_01.htm\n\nWhy I Believe the Bible\n--A Nuclear Scientist Tells His Story\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20040122a/article_01.htm\n\nHumans---Are We Just Higher Animals?\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19980622/article_01.htm\n\nUnraveling the Mystery of Your Genes :\n - Genes, DNA, and You\n - Peering Into the Microscope\n - What Is Behing the Mystery of Life?\n - How DNA Replicates\n - How Proteins Are Made\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19990908a/article_01.htm\n\nWhat Birds Can Teach Us\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/w/2003/6/15/article_01.htm\n\nI trust that you will find this helpful ... (: