Where did God come from?

[RATTER15]

Well!!!!!!!

[Khandro]

Ommmmmm

[feebletoe1492]

hmmmmm some say he has always been here , since time began and others think he is just an invention to keep order

[vivandorron]

I haven't a clue because I don't believe there is one.

Ron.

[RATTER15]

Thank you Khandro lol

[mibn2cweus]

. . . and, where is s/he/it now?

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

http://www.netzgesta.de/loupe/homer.html

[Khandro]

God is a word that means different things to different people, perhaps you should tell us what you mean by it.

[seadogg]

God, by definition, must come from outside the time space continuum 'cos he created all that stuff.

[starone]

Someone said and I can't remember who that if god had not existed man would have invented him. May have got that slightly wrong, but I'm pretty certain the sense remains.

[Bambiagain]

Some might say that God doesn't exist, so man did invent him.

[jomifl]

Seadogg, I made that same argument about 6 months ago as part of my proof that god doesn't exist. After all if he created the universe he must have been somewhere else when he did it, therefore he couldn't be in it, therefore if he is outside our universe he cannot (to us) exist.,it makes sense (to me)

[starone]

Just googled it and it was Voltaire, someone much more clever than I shall ever be, but that doesn't prevent me from agreeing with him. Wording slightly different than my posting.

[missprim]

Apparantly there is no answer to this as God 'just exists' for those who believe.

[naomi24]

Khandro, since most people here come from Christian/Jewish/Muslim societies, when 'God' is mentioned it's usually taken to mean the God of Abraham. Anything else really needs to be specified - otherwise it gets confusing. (We had a big discussion on this some years ago, and that was the consensus of opinion).

[naomi24]

missprim, do those who believe ever ask the question?

[seadogg]

jomifl, I wasn't making a case one way or the other, merely stating what seems a logical position.

My own view of belief is that man, unlike other animals, is capable of introspective thought about issues like his own mortality and the uncertainty of future events.
This would account for the universality of religious belief, backed up by the discoveries of archaeology.

[missprim]

I wouldn't have thought so Naomi.

[naomi24]

No, I don't think so either. :o)

[Old_Geezer]

"if he is outside our universe he cannot (to us) exist"

There is the jump from reasoned argument to assumption. For example, if we live in a multiverse then there are plenty of things that exist outside of our universe.

Oooo noooo I won't assume any mention of God is about any "God of Abraham". If someone mentions God without clarifying it's their problem if subsequent posters get 'the wrong end of the stick'.

I think those who believe may well ask themselves the question but conclude it is an invalid question. A God would always be by definition.

[percypineapple]

well,you lot are chancers. if there is a god, He will have read all this, and you will be in real trouble!

[Old_Geezer]

Why ? Does it have no sense of humour ?
Looking around this planet I thought it must have.