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Question: If god made the universe, what made god!?
If there even is a god!. What made him!. How was he created!? Was he always here!? Why would he make billions of planets, but only one with life!? Questions, answers, opinions!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Ignore the 13 year old's response, he doesn't have a clue!.

First off, I cannot tell you if there is a god or not!. I can tell you that, assuming there is a god, that he was not created!. "He" was always there!.

Now as for your next question, you have to look at it from two angles!. Assuming there is a God, you're right, why would he make billions of planets but only one with life!. There are many planets that we know of, that do not sustain life, or actually "do" anything!. If there is a god, why would he create "useless" planets!? But, if there is a god, why would he create different races of people on different planets, when we are the race modeled after himself (from the Christian view)!.

Now assuming that there isn't a god, billions of planets makes perfect sense!. There are billions of planets, 99!.9% which cannot support life!. Then, for the planets that can support life, many other conditions have to be met for life to exist!. Once all of these conditions have been met, a 1/1,000,000,000 chance, it takes billions of years for life to develop into intelligent forms such as ourselves!. The chance of one of these alternate life forms existing close enough to make contact with us is very slight!.

As for me, I believe in the possibility of there being a God!. Probably the main reason for me believing that there is one is because there has to be some type of starting point, a "point of origin!." On the other hand, I do not believe in a type of God that most Christianity religions portray!. There are just some things that don't add up!.

For example, according to the Bible all sins are the same in the eyes of God!. If this is true, stealing a penny from Bill Gates and not asking for forgiveness means you will spend all of eternity in hell when you die!. Does that make sense to you!? Or an even better one is, if one does not accept the Christian form of God, which is not accepted by over 75% of the world's population, they go to hell for eternity!? Or, even if you are the Arab son of Osama Bin Laden who has been taught all his life that radical Islam is the true religion, and blows himself up at 10 years old, taking fifty other muslims to hell with him!? Compare that arab child to a Christian schoolboy born into a family who goes to Church twice a week and prays at every meal, why is that fair!? The arab child born into a radical islam family has pretty much 0% chance of going to heaven according to Christian views, since not converting means he goes to hell, while the schoolboy born into a religious family has a very high chance of going to heaven since he was born into Christianity!?

Doesn't add up if you ask me!. Hope I answered your questions, but I'm sure I raised more questions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

God always has been!.

Think about it this way, look around you, we (Humans) have everything we need, oxygen, food, and water!. We are just the right distance from the sun, have the perfect climate for sustaining life!. And our bodies!. They work perfectly!. All our systems!. If you think all of this "Just happened" then you are very narrow-minded!. also if you think there is only one planet with life, you are narrow minded too!. Because think of all the grains of sand in the world, the dessert, the beach, everything!. In the universe we are one grain of sand in ALL of that!. And if you think there is no intelligent mind behind our creation then get your head out of the clouds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm only going to answer your actual question!.

1a) Everything that 'begins' to exist has a cause!. Nothing that you know of just 'began' to exist without a cause!. Take some time to think about it!.
1b) The universe 'began' to exist!. It is now believed that the universe began at the Big Bang (I agree)!. It exploded from a point of 'Infinite density, and zero volume'; which actually means nothing!.
1c) Therefore, the universe has a cause!.

2a) Everything that is tangible, is 'by necessity' contingent!. Means that it owes its existence to something else!. Think of something tangible that doesn't!.
2b) The universe in tangible!. Therefore contingent!.
2c) There can not be an infinite regression of tangible matter!. This is because there is no such thing as actual infinity!. [see link below to understand this]!.
2c) Therefore, eventually there must be a non-tangible cause in the chain of regression!.

3a) Something non-tangible is not 'by necessity' contingent!.
3b) Therefore, that cause could be eternal without a cause!. To most believers, this cause is God!.
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The idea of God was created by man in the past to give life a meaning to the people with short, awful lives!. It gave them hope of something better and fear, so they worked harder!.
also, i think it would be ignorant of me to say that we are the only planet with life!. If the universe is infinite then we will never know!. I think they recently found proof of a bacterial life form on Mars actually!.
As for our existence, i think we are a result of our environment rather that the universe made for us!. If the conditions are right life will grow!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

This planet isn't the only one with life!. You can't prove it but why would that be!. Doesn't make any sence!. Its like making Earth with only one human being on it!. I dont think God is a man just sitting up on a throne creating things!. Its a supernatural power and our minds can't comprehend it
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Time is an illusion!. God and the universe are simultaneous!. You might just as well say the universe made God as vice versa!. The orchestra makes the conductor and the conductor makes the orchestra!. One would exist without the other!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't believe there is a god because it isn't something that you can prove it's just something that some people believe in Www@QuestionHome@Com