Who Created God

As soon as anyone who believes in God tries to use the universe itself as evidence of a creator, the question arises: well, who created God? Such a question falsely assumes existence needs a source or origin.

Existence is, so there must always be something. Existence doesn’t call for an originator. Measurement does. In order for there to be a first of anything, there must have previously been none. Since something must exist in order to do, anything that has measurable attributes must have an infinite source.

 When I say infinite, I don’t mean too big to be counted. That is actually indefinite. It has a beginning: zero, and a limit: zero. The only value without beginning or limit is zero. We don’t think of it when we think of infinity because we expect reality to fit the limits of our sensory perception and imagination.

That’s why so many view zero as a mental unit without any real value except as an empty set even though it is the reference point used to define all other values. The number line illustrates this principle. Even so, it gets dismissed as a placeholder, but no one questions why its necessary or what  it is holding a place for.

Zero is necessary because math describes reality. Numbers work as the most objective shorthand for adjectives that answer the question, “how much?”. Just like the origin for measurable traits would possess none of those traits, the point of origin for value has no value. That makes it easy to be dismissed as nothing.

Zero isn’t nothing as in non-existence. It is the ”nothing” from which everything must come. Instead of thinking God created everything from nothing or the universe created itself from nothing, consider nothing as the creator itself.

Before you claim nothing doesn’t exist and the universe has always been, just remember it is impossible for something to be measurable and infinite. While contemplating what can or cannot exist, bear in mind that contradictions fit into the “cannot” category. That is the first rule of logic.

To make things clear, I use the analogy: God is to reality what zero is to math. Our tendency to imagine and personify causes us to overlook the most logical conclusion. Even when this idea gets introduced, it is so different from what people would expect, many find it hard to accept.

Resist as much as you will, but the only way to refute it is to purposely misinterpret what I’m saying. What would be your excuse? I’m not using any information that we have not been expected to learn and accept in order to get a good grade.

Why resist? An absolute creator that blessed us with the ability to grasp perspective is better than a fickle and moody super-powered friend that loves us so much that we get eternal torment if we don’t reciprocate the affection. The analogy also clears away any confusion and eliminates any contradiction associated with the concept of God.

While you may have needed a nudge to consider the parallels between God in reality and zero in math, you don’t need someone explaining all the comparison implies and includes. Explore the unseen equation of existence. There is no longer any reason to rely on faith or settle for conjecture.