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Why did God create the universe?

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RE: Why did God create the universe?

June 6, 2012 at 3:37 pm

(June 5, 2012 at 3:42 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Pretty simple question that I've never gotten an answer to while I was a Christian. For what reason did God create the universe? Did he have a reason?

He created the world to live in communion with him.

Quote:Did he need to create the universe?

No, he wanted to.

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