The Issue of Origins The Two Eternities Supplemental: GodQnA.com

Where it all came from

Note: This topic area is the basis for the book The Two Eternities. Because of this, the sections have been created for further expansion, but may not have much for awhile. The book goes into much greater detail, and here we will be just adding to what was said there.

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 Q. You speak of 'origins', but isn't that the same thing as the question of God?

A. Despite the emphasis upon God, the actual first issue we most confront, is that of origins without assuming anything. Opinion polls constantly come back saying that 90% of people believe in a creator. The stories that go along with these belief systems though, are as vast as the number and denominations of religions upon the planet.
        If for the moment we are to accept that popular opinion is a true indicator of fact, then we should look at what this creator might be. This is where we reach back, and find ourselves asking the question about the First Cause.

        Briefly, First Cause asks what happened first, and then wants to ask what caused that. To rest upon a grand theory such as the Big Bang, or even the concept of God, is to give up on the investigation when the trail is hot. If we are purely interested in the truth, then when we find that all the evidence show we are just part of a dream of a six year old, or were created by super-aliens, or the product of a being called 'God', then we will have dutifully tracked down the issue of origins.
        We are in a privileged point in time, we have matured enough now that we now can honestly consider philosophic points without fear of being imprisoned. Our science has also come to a point that we can be reasonably confident in what we are looking at. The trail seems to lead back to the Big Bang, but we can't scientifically look beyond that. Philosophically though, we have a comfortable grasp upon the being we call God, and can consider what brought Him to the point of creating this reality.

        The following Chapters detail the possibilities of such an entity, where it might have come from, how it would have developed, and it's relationship to us and our future existence.