Deep Thought 42
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People turn to the idea of God to explain things like logic, the creation of space, the laws of physics, and the appearance of life in the universe. Yet God itself is said to be exempt from the things it is meant to explain. If God could (in theory) come about under miraculous/inexplicable circumstances or without circumstances altogether, why can this not be the case for things that are not God, like the Universe? Is that not contradictory?
Jim: Please do not accuse my of building a straw man and then ignore my question.
NDMA: That is not necessarily so. For example, I could propose a "Phoenix" Universe, which evolves repeatedly only to self-destruct each time and return to its initial state and evolve again. In this case, everything always comes indirectly from something great: the Universe at its peak. We need not worry about its origin, because a cycle does not need one, just like your God.
Jim: Please do not accuse my of building a straw man and then ignore my question.
NDMA: That is not necessarily so. For example, I could propose a "Phoenix" Universe, which evolves repeatedly only to self-destruct each time and return to its initial state and evolve again. In this case, everything always comes indirectly from something great: the Universe at its peak. We need not worry about its origin, because a cycle does not need one, just like your God.