I don't believe that something can be created from nothing. I believe there must be some greater being than I. Whether or not that is the God I believe in is impossible to say. It gives me comfort to believe in God and makes me at ease with whatever happens to me in the end. Thats basically it.
Doesn't it strike you as a little contradictory to claim that "something can't be created from nothing, because that's not consistent with how the world seems to work" and then claim that God was something created from nothing?
I don't think many Christians would claim that God was created for nothing or that God was created at all but that God exists outside of time. That question seems to be attacking a position virtually no one actually holds.
Fair point on fact -- and I know that, so I should have phrased differently -- but why does that distinction matter? The idea of "omnipotent entity existing outside of time" is just as unprecedented as "something created from nothing."
I mean, think about what this argument says logically
"There is no precedent for something being created from nothing. Therefore, we should assume that it was created by a God that is omnipotent and exists outside of space-time."
How can you hold the former impossible and then endorse the latter claim with certitude as a result of rejecting the former claim? It makes no sense.
I suppose the truth is you are right, either both are impossible or both are possible. This is just the answer I choose to believe. There is no way to prove or disprove it, it is simply faith.
Not really the best answer but it is enough for me. If I die and nothing happens, I won't be around to know I was wrong anyway, so why not look for the positive
