What/Who created God?

[fr0d0]

It seems to me that this changes the issue from a philosophical to a moral one, namely how can you consider his actions perfect considering the amount of suffering of innocence in the world?

As God knows everything, he is in a position to make that call fairly. To us it may look the opposite, but we don't share his perspective.

I am also getting the feeling that your God is more mechanical than other concepts, would that be fair to say?

I don't know what you mean by that. Oh... you mean he has to act in a certain way - like our actions are mechanical in that we have no choice really in what we do. In that sense, I think yes. God is predictable in that respect, which is how I think his nature is formulated.

What are the practical distinctions that you make between God and natural mechanism?

God has the ability to suspend natural law, although to us it would become natural law once enacted, if there were any observable effect. (I hope that's what you meant, or you are going to have to define natural mechanism)

I agree. He can't have a past.

Then what did you mean by him having perspective from and end state?

I was trying to work it out, which I did badly, as you rightly pointed out the mistake. A timeless and all knowing being can't learn as that would imply time-bound.

Good points fr0d0. Now I'll ask - what separates your claims from being mere assertions?

Nothing.

I agree.