Is the universe God?

[Whateverist]

According to christians and many other theists God was not created. He always existed and has the power to create the universe.

And how do they know that is true? They don't. This is what is going on here:

You have this Universe that needs an explanation of its origin.

You don't have one.

So as a solution, you posit a being that created it, and decide that this agent is magically immune to the same things that troubled you about the universe...

Notice any problem with this?

By doing this, they have only succeeded in taking on an even more complicated series of questions that need answers that they do not have, and simply filling those gaps with God. Thereby ending any and all honest inquiry into understanding anything!

This is the effect of pretending to know things that one doesn't know.

^ This.

Origins, while a nice thing to know, is not necessary. It is something you might want but which we routinely do without. You can't always get that. But if you try some time (with the help of science) you just might find you get what you need.

http://youtu.be/j7leQB_Oe_k