John Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 I was having a chat with my 6 year old grandson last night after hockey practice. He is pretty bright and usually understands that my 54 year old brain is fried at that time of the day. However, he came up with a blockbuster that I am sad to say I had no answer for. His question was......"If God created us, who created God"..... well, not panicking, I thought for a few seconds and once realizing that I was screwed, told him that I had some "friends" some of whom were more in touch with God than I was and I would ask them. OK, here's a chance to save me from being embarrased by a 6 year old. All contributions will be taken under advisement......
ccmtcanada Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Ummm...you've turned to this forum for an answer like that? LOL. Gotta love the logic of kids...my 5 year old asks some doozies as well! I did a quick search on google...type in "who created God" (with the quotation marks). You'll get lots of returns.... Here's an excerpt from one.... IN SUMMARY The universe (including time itself) can be shown to have had a beginning. It is unreasonable to believe something could begin to exist without a cause. The universe therefore requires a cause, just as Genesis 1:1 and Romans 1:20 teach. God, as creator of time, is outside of time. Since therefore He has no beginning in time, He has always existed, so doesn't need a cause. Good luck explaining that....LOL.
John Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Posted September 19, 2007 Damn Cliff, first I need to translate that into old fat sot for me!........
ccmtcanada Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Damn Cliff, first I need to translate that into old fat sot for me!........ Gotta love profanity filter...LOL. I know what you mean...I was hoping you could have explained it to me....haha.
Roy Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 "....and in the beginning, there was TJ....."
TJQ Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 "....and in the beginning, there was TJ....." hahahahaha... I like that answer....
Raf Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 the 'big bang' was much more than an explosion.
keram Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 I'm not 100% positive, but I think Chuck Norris had something to do with it
jedimaster Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 The easy way to say it is, God always existed. Thats the general belief. My kids have asked similar things as well. As they get older they aske harder questions... LIke this one. If god can do anything, can he make a rock so big and heavy that he can't lift it? Turning to a fishing forum for advice on religion....What has this world come to.
John Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Posted September 19, 2007 "....and in the beginning, there was TJ....." I'm supposed to use our fearless leader as an example with relatives like this.............
misfish Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Where did God come from? We can only partially comprehend the notion of God's existence. To do so, we must use human concepts to speak of God: "without beginning or end"; "eternal"; "infinite", etc. The Bible says that He has always existed: " . . . even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God" (Psalm 90:2). And, "Your throne is established from of old; Thou art from everlasting" (Psalm 93:2). Quite simply, God has no beginning and no end. So, where did God come from? He didn't. He always was. To us, the notion of time is linear. One second follows the next, one minute is after another. We get older, not younger and we cannot repeat the minutes that have passed us by. We have all seen the time lines on charts: early time is on the left and later time is on the right. We see nations, people's lives, and plans mapped out on straight lines from left to right. We see a beginning and an end. But God is "beyond the chart." He has no beginning or end. He simply has always been. Also, physics has shown that time is a property that is the result of the existence of matter. Time exists when matter exists. Time has even been called the fourth dimension. But God is not matter. In fact, God created matter. He created the universe. So, time began when God created the universe. Before that, God was simply existing and time had no meaning (except conceptually), no relation to Him. Therefore, to ask where God came from is to ask a question that cannot really be applied to God in the first place. Because time has no meaning with God in relation to who He is, eternity is also not something that can be absolutely related to God. God is even beyond eternity. Eternity is a term that we finite creatures use to express the concept of something that has no end -- and/or no beginning. Since God has no beginning or end, He has no beginning. This is because He is outside of time.
John Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Posted September 19, 2007 Dang Brian, with a little editing, I think you have something there............
Squid Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 John, that picture has Pete mania, marc thorpe and TJ in it, no?
John Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Posted September 19, 2007 Talking marketing strategies Pete.........
Terry Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) so if I understand what misfish is saying ..God has already looked at fridays super seven draw and knows if I won or not want to slip me the numbers God ..thanks in advance Edited September 19, 2007 by Terry
Roy Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 We're in luck. I think He has cottage #10 booked at Merlands.
ricoboxing Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Jesus was a carpenter, but he was also a fisherman!
fishindevil Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Well i dont know that question....but im PEEVED OFF. at him anyway,so when i see hime i have a few questions i want answerd ...and i have some words for him also,and he has alot of "explaning to do....LOL..LOL..LOL
BITEME Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 There is no GOD!!!!!! And for a definitive answer Ill let you know after I Die!!!!!!!
Jen Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 so if I understand what misfish is saying ..God has already looked at fridays super seven draw and knows if I won or not want to slip me the numbers God ..thanks in advance Sorry Terry, I already asked God For that one!
wolfville Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 There are things logic can't explain. Like you there's no way to explain to an ant how a jumbo 747 can fly. But if I really want to get an answer I can understand, I'd ask God.
yellowboat Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 There are things logic can't explain. Like you there's no way to explain to an ant how a jumbo 747 can fly. But if I really want to get an answer I can understand, I'd ask God. How a 747 flies Bernoulli's Principle states that for an ideal fluid (low speed air is a good approximation), with no work being performed on the fluid, an increase in velocity occurs simultaneously with decrease in pressure or a change in the fluid's gravitational potential energy. This principle is a simplification of Bernoulli's equation, which states that the sum of all forms of energy in a fluid flowing along an enclosed path (a streamline) is the same at any two points in that path. It is named after the Dutch/Swiss mathematician/scientist Daniel Bernoulli, though it was previously understood by Leonhard Euler and others. In fluid flow with no viscosity, and therefore, one in which a pressure difference is the only accelerating force, the principle is equivalent to Newton's laws of motion. Bernoulli's Principle was often cited as the primary cause of lift in aircraft wings. While it has some effect, the simple description (eg. "equal transit time or "longer path" theories) provided in many elementary textbooks is incorrect. [1]
keram Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 How a 747 flies Bernoulli's Principle states that for an ideal fluid (low speed air is a good approximation), with no work being performed on the fluid, an increase in velocity occurs simultaneously with decrease in pressure or a change in the fluid's gravitational potential energy. This principle is a simplification of Bernoulli's equation, which states that the sum of all forms of energy in a fluid flowing along an enclosed path (a streamline) is the same at any two points in that path. It is named after the Dutch/Swiss mathematician/scientist Daniel Bernoulli, though it was previously understood by Leonhard Euler and others. In fluid flow with no viscosity, and therefore, one in which a pressure difference is the only accelerating force, the principle is equivalent to Newton's laws of motion. Bernoulli's Principle was often cited as the primary cause of lift in aircraft wings. While it has some effect, the simple description (eg. "equal transit time or "longer path" theories) provided in many elementary textbooks is incorrect. [1] Pretty simple , but did you try to explain this to an ant
jedimaster Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Just Glue the Ant to the hood of this Mondeo and it will learn damn fast how a 747 gets off the ground and flies. http://www.stupidcrazy.com/videos/play.cfm...last%20vs%20car
carp-starter Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 If I were an auto mechanic, people would come to me with their car questions and car problems. If I were a lawyer, people would come to me with their legal questions and legal problems. If I were a doctor, people would come to me with their medical questions and medical problems. Now, what do you think the priest is there? Or a minister or whatever. If people do not go to him, he soon will be unemployed. In any case, it would be good to see him so that he would feel that he has a purpose on this earth. carp-starter
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