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Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 12:22 am
So, to the Christians here, why does God exist? Please note I'm not asking what caused God to exist. Nor am I asking "who designed or created God?" I'm not trying to frame God in a temporal terms. Merely, why does God exist as opposed to nothing existing?
Also, is it stranger to think of natural reality existing inexplicably by itself or God existing inexplicably by himself?
That is all.
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 12:30 am
You didn't call on me, but since this is all textual I thought it responsible to tell you that I am doing my best Horshack interpretation.
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 1:36 am
Well God is claimed to be eternal,therefore he had no control/choice over his own existence.
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 1:59 am
(June 21, 2012 at 1:36 am)znk666 Wrote: Well God is claimed to be eternal,therefore he had no control/choice over his own existence.
Which implies that he isn't all powerful. If he can't help but exist and cannot leave existence, he's essentially.....trapped. He's got no choice but to exist, mind you this does explain why he'd create a universe. He's got to have something for entertainment, something to occupy himself.
It all makes sense now. Trapped in existence - in a place that's completely void and he's lonely. So he creates the universe and later creates us and to have us worship him and love him and be with him when our life expires. Makes complete sense.
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 5:17 pm
God exist to cause perpetual suffering on the beings he created to watch die miserably.
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Why does God exist?
you missed out the comma!
Why, does God exist?
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RE: Why does God exist?
June 21, 2012 at 5:31 pm
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2012 at 5:31 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Christian view:
Anything any self-styled christian deem to be God can of course exist just because. But nothing else can possibly exist just because.
