The Creator(s), Three Simple Questions Options

[darkphyre]

Three simple questions:

Question 1: Do you believe that it is likely that the universe was created by an advanced (omnipotent?) being?

Question 2: If you answered "yes" to Question 1, do you believe that it is likely that said advanced being was created by an even more advanced being?

Questions 3: If you answered "no" to Question 2, why are your answers to Questions 1 and 2 different?

[TreesTurnMeOn]

My question to you, then, is why do you see it as necessary that the universe have a creator, but not that God has a creator.

To simplify, many people argue that God must exist because something must have created the universe, and this suggests the existence of a god-like being. However, if we require that everything (ie. the universe) have a creator, then why do we discard the logical conclusion that God must also have a creator?

To simplify even more:

1) Everything must have a cause.
2) God is likely the cuase of the universe.
3) God must have been created by something.

If 1) is true, 2) is likely true. However, if 1) and 2) are both true, than 3) must also be true. If 1) is false, then 2) and 3) are likely false.

Thus, the most likely situations, logically, are:

1) God exists and has a creator, or
2) God doesn't exist.

Let me ask YOU this.

If God had a creator, then who would have created his creator? And who would have created him? And who him? So on and so forth.

I find it necessary to believe that God created the universe because that is what I have been brought up to believe. You don't HAVE to have an explenation for this because he is one very confusing spirit. I believe in him, I believe what I have been taught, and don't tell me otherwise.

Not everything has to have an explanation. We all have to believe in something, now don't we?