If everything needs a creator, then who or what created
God?
This question is logically problematic. If
everything needs a creator, than no matter what exists, it must have
been created. Furthermore, to be created means that someone or
something had to create it. But then, who created the creator and
so on? Logically, this would mean there would be an infinite
regression of creators and we would never be able to find the first,
uncaused cause since, by definition (the questions says that "everything
needs a creator") there wouldn't be any uncaused cause. This would
mean that the sequence of creations is eternal. But, if it exists
that there is an eternal regression of creators, then who created the
infinite regression of creators? Remember, the question
presupposes that all things need a creator -- even the eternal sequence
of creators -- which becomes logically absurd. Furthermore, if
there is an eternal regression of creators that are eternal, then the
question is not answered. In fact, it cannot be answered since it
weakness is that "all things need a creator." Of course, this only
begs the question in that how did the process begin? Therefore, the
question only raises the same problem it asks and it is a question that,
by its own design, cannot be answered. Therefore, it is invalid.
The question is better phrased as a statement:
"Everything that has come into existence, was brought into existence by
something else." This is a more logical statement and is not
wrought with the difficulties of the initial question. In the
revised statement "Everything that has come into existence," implies
that the thing that "has come into existence" did not already exist. If
it did not already exist but then came into existence, then something
had to bring it into existence because something that does not exist
cannot bring itself into existence (a logical absolute). This
pushes the regression of creators back to what we would call the
theoretical "uncaused cause" since there cannot be an infinite
regression of creators as discussed above and since in infinite number
of creators would mean there was an infinite number of creations and
created things including things that cannot be destroyed since they
would constitute things that exist. If that is so, then the
universe would have had an infinite number of created things in it and
it would be full. But it is not full. Therefore, there has
not been an infinite regression of creations.
By definition, the Christian God never came into
existence; that is, He is the uncaused cause (Psalm 90:2). He was
always in existence and He is the one who created space, time, and
matter. This means that the Christian God is the uncaused cause and is
the ultimate creator. This eliminates the infinite regression
problem.
But some may ask, "But who created God?" But the
answer is that by definition He is not created; He is eternal. He
is the One who brought time, space, and matter into existence. Since the
concept of causality deals with space, time, and matter, and since God
is one who brought space, time, and matter into existence, the concept
of causality does not apply to God since it is something related to the
reality of space, time, and matter. Since God is before space,
time, and matter, the issue of causality does not apply to Him.
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