all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened.
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all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows what happened.
It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe without the agency of a Supreme Being.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.
The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions.
One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics.
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