Soriku said:
Nintentacle said:
It's a little different though.
I believe that God is an eternal being, with no exact origin. He doesn't come out of nothing, because he has no origin, and has always existed.
(Most) Atheist believe that the Universe, and by default time, have an origin, and this origin is an explosion, where absoultetly nothing caused it.
Now, I'll tell you the one and only (Important) difference in the case that you missed it; Christians believe God doesn't have a start, and most atheist believe that the Universe has a start. So, what I'm trying to say is that you can't make the same comparison because it isn't the exact same thing, where God replaces the Big Bang.
But, if you didn't understand that, I'll try to say it in a different way: You questioning how God can exist doesn't justify the Universe coming to be out of absolutely nothing (Or, something that doesn't exist creating itself). You can't say the same thing I said about the Universe (That something that doesn't exist can't create itself) because I don't believe that God was created. He just always existed.
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The universe as we know it had a start. If there is a 'before' a Big Bang, then it has the same properties as the idea of god that you posited.
Your idea of god is very vague. But then you added the Christian label. What gives the Christian god more validity than any other gods that can be said to have "always existed"? Faith is not a good answer by the way.
Besides, you can't say for sure that your god didn't have an origin.
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I meant to add "And some other Gods" instead of just the Christian/Jewish one, but I forgot. Either way, you can say he doesn't have an origin. I'd be similar to time, like I've said before.
