Where did God come from?

[Chris]

The traditional definition is that He is eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, all-powerful. The implication being that He is beyond reality - beyond time & space - although the content of that statement seems very vague to me. Or @ least very hard to pin down to specifics.

"eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, all-powerful" run into unsolvable problems still I think you're trying to say transcendent.

[Cotton1]

Why do you assume material existence?

Actually I dont. Its a part of my own quest to determine if God exists be it in a strictly spiritual or " material" manner.

[zachroidott]

Actually I dont. Its a part of my own quest to determine if God exists be it in a strictly spiritual or " material" manner.

Do you know where you were before you were born? You'll find it there.

[nathanbforrest45]

On the assumption one believes in God. Im trying to understand where God came from ? There are 2000 religions in the world that worship 5000 Gods but im referring to the Christian God...ideas?

Cleveland

[nathanbforrest45]

Don't you find it somewhat intriguing that almost every culture that has ever existed has worshiped a Supreme Being? Even those that worship multiple Gods acknowledge one "First Among Equals" The fact that God has many different names is irrelevant. So does oxygen yet regardless of what we call it they all perform the same function.

[Captdon]

On the assumption one believes in God. Im trying to understand where God came from ? There are 2000 religions in the world that worship 5000 Gods but im referring to the Christian God...ideas?

Ignoring the heathens, God always was. As impossible as that seems, science can't explain where the universe came from.

[southwest88]

"eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, all-powerful" run into unsolvable problems still I think you're trying to say transcendent.

Philosophy 101 was a long time ago. Yes, if transcendent when applied to deity means beyond physical limitations - I suppose I prefer to simply spell out the attributes, rather than rely on half-remembered philosophy/theology.

[Chris]

Philosophy 101 was a long time ago. Yes, if transcendent when applied to deity means beyond physical limitations - I suppose I prefer to simply spell out the attributes, rather than rely on half-remembered philosophy/theology.

"eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, all-powerful" are physical attributes.

[jimmyz]

Raised Catholic. I still believe we are a genetically engineered product of simian based chromosomes placed on Earth by ETs. Then I woke up...partially.

[Trish]

God came from man's imagination to be used as a fear tactic by overlords to keep large masses of people in line and to dominate certain sub populations.