On "Who created the Universe?"

[Ron_Tomkins]

Again I have to give it to this guy for lucidly and cleanly answering such a faulty question, with a style that I've only seen in Judge Mathis:

 

[DC]

the WHO created the Universe?

 

[bokonon]

I don't know. Third base.

 

[Ron_Tomkins]

the WHO created the Universe?

Well... talk about my generation....

 

[Wowbagger]

Even better question, to respond to that question:

HOW could someone create the Universe?

Wouldn't they also be creating themselves, since they would be part of the Universe?! Who has the ability to either create themselves or somehow exist before the Universe (as we know it) came about?!

 

[Towlie]

"God is the alpha & the omega. He's the perfect circle."

"So is your argument."

 

[Simon39759]

It started a bit slow and silly, but, at the end, the guy on the right really went to the park and gave a very good answer.

 

[Ron_Tomkins]

It started a bit slow and silly, but, at the end, the guy on the right really went to the park and gave a very good answer.

Yup. Just like baseball

 

[Jonnyclueless]

"God is the alpha & the omega. He's the perfect circle."

"So is your argument."

If I had been drinking milk when he said that it would have come out of my nose. Only years of experience can make someone that quick on the draw.

 

[blue sock monkey]

"Look for the right question to start with"--great video!

Even better question, to respond to that question:

HOW could someone create the Universe?

Wouldn't they also be creating themselves, since they would be part of the Universe?! Who has the ability to either create themselves or somehow exist before the Universe (as we know it) came about?!

I love the way David Hume tackled this, posing the problem of infinite recursion: If a special creator created the universe, then who created the special creator who created a special creator who...