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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Bible Question: Who created God? |
Bible Answer: K - A follow-up on my previous answer and a footnote to Jeff Hetrick's excellent Bible-referenced response. The "Who made God" question is a textbook example of the compound question fallacy which occurs when one ignores questions that should be asked first. For example, "Have you stopped beating your spouse?" is fallacious when it has not been established that one has ever beaten one's spouse. Similarly, "Who made God" is fallacious because it presupposes the prior question which should be asked, "Is God a created being?" And Scripture no where remotely suggests that God is a created being but is in fact Himself the Creator of all things. See the opening chapters of Genesis and the opening chapter of John's Gospel. ..... If God were a created being, then who created God? Let's say for the sake of argument that it was a being called Pinauk. Then who created Pinauk? Let's say Pinauk's creator was a being named Manikel. Then who created Manikel? If Pinauk created God, then Pinauk must be God. But Manikel created Pinauk, so Manikel must be God. And round and round we go with this faulty reasoning that gets us absolutely no where. ...... Questions such as "Who made God" are such as are typically asked by the very young. How old are you? --Hank |