Where Does God Come From?

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Hi,

I was talking in another forum and the question came into my mind of Where does God Come From?

Does anyone know?

Joshua
 
joshrp said:
Hi,

I was talking in another forum and the question came into my mind of Where does God Come From?

Does anyone know?

Joshua
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Greetings Joshua,

God Is. He always Was, Is Now and Ever Shall Be.

Everything else that is was created ex nihilo [out of nothing] by Him, who Himself is Uncreated.

God bless.
Anathama Sit.
 
I don’t think that God, the eternally self-existing One, ever had to come from anywhere, since He always has been everywhere. Psalm 90:2 says, “Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God.” The great “I am that I am” was before that part of eternity when time began and will be still in that part of eternity when time has ended.
 
The question presupposes that God has to be somewhere yet time and space didn’t exist before He created this universe - and possibly others as well!
 
tonyrey said:
The question presupposes that God has to be somewhere yet time and space didn’t exist before He created this universe - and possibly others as well!
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That’s a good point. If you read the first verse in Gen. He was not necessarily present in His creation when creation began. The next verses show that His Presence (Spirit) moved upon the waters then He revealed His Presence in His creation when He said Let there be Light.
 
DPMartin said:
That’s a good point. If you read the first verse in Gen. He was not necessarily present in His creation when creation began. The next verses show that His Presence (Spirit) moved upon the waters then He revealed His Presence in His creation when He said Let there be Light.
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Jesus told us:

“But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” 🙂
 
You must first prove the proposed notion is there first. That’s like asking where does a unicorn come from? But since we are in a philosophical forum, given that ‘God’ did not have a cause, maybe the universe did did not have a cause (before big bang). Simply put, at this time we don’t know. So the answer is we don’t know, not therefore create an entity with a definition that in itself is all-powerful allowing it to answer the currently unknown question.
 
tonyrey said:
Jesus told us:

“But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” 🙂
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Amen
 
Just worry about where WE came from

and that we came from God

and will see him face to face in heaven

and be humble in accepting Him being still and knowing that He is God

and that we all will return to Him

hopefully in all loving embrace:)
 
joshrp said:
Hi,

I was talking in another forum and the question came into my mind of Where does God Come From?

Does anyone know?

Joshua
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From the imaginations of our superstitious ancestors, is the most likely answer.
 
sharptiger999 said:
That’s like asking where does a unicorn come from? .
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God is not a unicorn. They are two completely different concepts with different existential consequences.
sharptiger999 said:
…You must first prove the proposed notion is there first…since we are in a philosophical forum, given that ‘God’ did not have a cause, maybe the universe did did not have a cause (before big bang).
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The OP was asking where did God come from, assuming his existence. He was not asking whether or not such a being exists.
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Simply put, at this time we don’t know.
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You are so emotionally disturbed by the concept of God that you are desperate to remain in the dark.
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So the answer is we don’t know.
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I think, in your case, the answer is an ecstatic “i don’t want to know and i don’t want you to know either.”
 
sharptiger999 said:
You must first prove the proposed notion is there first. That’s like asking where does a unicorn come from? But since we are in a philosophical forum, given that ‘God’ did not have a cause, maybe the universe did did not have a cause (before big bang). Simply put, at this time we don’t know. So the answer is we don’t know, not therefore create an entity with a definition that in itself is all-powerful allowing it to answer the currently unknown question.
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sharptiger

What in creation but living things want, and chose, and bargains for value? What is the source of this? And why is there an environment that accommodates this? Its not man made, man manipulated, within the limits of his influences, but not man made. Hence the proof that life is. The universe dos not have the power to chose. Were does the power to chose come from? Sure your body and its parts accommodate that, but the power to chose is not of the body. Hence chose and experience the result of the knowledge trusted, believed. Nothing else in the universe has that power. Hence the power to live, within or without the universe, must be the power that is God.
 
shoe said:
I don’t think that God, the eternally self-existing One, ever had to come from anywhere, since He always has been*** everywhere***.
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Only in the sense that His Will keeps everything in existence.
From God`s*** eternal ***perspective, Creation itself is eternal.
wanstronian said:
From the imaginations of our superstitious ancestors, is the most likely answer.
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We`re not superstitious, either. Our minds are much more liberated than yours is. Yours is severely constrained: see below.

The essence of God is Spirit “only”, with no material substance.
A pure spirit doesnt occupy space. Therefore, God doesnt occupy space.
He`s everywhere only in the sense that His Will keeps everything in existence.

As far as Time goes, He encompasses it.
He IS in one eternal act of “ISSING”!
He IS in the eternal NOW.

Sink your teeth into this:
thesumma.info/reality/index.php

A lesson that atheists and their fellow travellers have to learn is that: to conceive of the Supernatural, the God-given human intellect has to be released from the stifling, stunted misconception that Reality consists only of what we can see, hear, touch, measure.
The mind of a believer is much broader than the mind of the likes of R. Dawkins could ever be: confined as it is in its self-inflicted captivity.

Dawkins has rubbished Saint Thomas Philosophy......because hes incapable of grasping the broad concepts. 😃

If it were not for the contempt and sarcasm directed at us Catholics and fellow Christians by these misguided individuals, i`d be more inclined to feel sorry for them.
They certainly are to be pitied.
Tragically, in their self-inflicted ignorance, they fail to see it. 🤷
 
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