06-30-2010, 12:01 AM
God: The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
How can "something" create everything else? All things arise dependently, with no inherent creator.
An originator would have to be independent of what it originates, otherwise its not an originator. But if its independent, it stands alone and cannot be anything than its independent exisitence, thus cannot create because it would be fully self-realized.
So if nothing originates as a first cause, how can there be god, a creator?
How can "something" create everything else? All things arise dependently, with no inherent creator.
An originator would have to be independent of what it originates, otherwise its not an originator. But if its independent, it stands alone and cannot be anything than its independent exisitence, thus cannot create because it would be fully self-realized.
So if nothing originates as a first cause, how can there be god, a creator?