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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:31 PM Jan 2018

The question: "Who created God?" has a simple answer.

Mankind created all deities, using the power of minds that have evolved naturally to a degree that allows creation of concepts like that. There have been and are thousands of deities. All of them have human creators. Due to that, they can be timeless, all-knowing, all-powerful and, obviously, immortal. The minds of humans can even conceive of a deity that has always existed and requires no creator of its own.

Of course, humans created their deities in their own image. Hence, angry, vindictive deities are pretty much standard issue, although helpful, kindly deities can also be created, especially in multi-deity systems. In the case of errors in creating deities, the human mind can even edit deities to better fit a particular time frame, or introduce offsprings of deities to counter a deity that was created just a little too much like humans and that needs a more mellow counterpart. One deity can result in two, three or more deities, if need be.

That is the beauty of having humans create their own deities. A deity that becomes outmoded can be replaced by a different sort of deity, when needed. In fact, entire systems of deities can be supplanted by a single deity, if that better suits human needs. The creativity of the human mind knows no bounds. Once the new deity is in place, the obsolete ones will fade into distant memories.

Human-created deities are quite easy for other humans to believe in, since they were created by humans. They are often depicted as super humans, or wise old humans, or even as innocent infants at times. What humans create, humans can kill off, resurrect, or any other sort of thing that can be imagined. Human-created deities are able to add gravity to the rules of the culture that creates them, as well, increasing their usefulness.

That is the reason that deities seem so familiar to us. They were created by us, in our image, and so are part of us.

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The question: "Who created God?" has a simple answer. (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2018 OP
The real true answer as you say. Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #1
The Great and Powerful KaHuna Demands MineralMan Jan 2018 #3
Memories of Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #5
Men's mind Angry Dragon Jan 2018 #2
Yah, mostly. MineralMan Jan 2018 #4
Michelangelo had an answer. Marcuse Jan 2018 #6
Genius. Pure genius. MineralMan Jan 2018 #7
My theory: Man evolves to become god then goes back in time to create man so that... Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 #8
Yeah but who created the Uber-God, who created the.... NeoGreen Jan 2018 #9
You have successfully conceived of all those things. MineralMan Jan 2018 #10
You empowered me... NeoGreen Jan 2018 #11
Give yourself the credit. All have the potential to ask the questions that MineralMan Jan 2018 #13
You might need to sit down for this... NeoGreen Jan 2018 #14
A truly evolved religion does away with deities altogether. MineralMan Jan 2018 #12
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. The real true answer as you say.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:35 PM
Jan 2018

Fun to read World History and how Tribes and Groups form their own Deities to control there own members.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
3. The Great and Powerful KaHuna Demands
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:39 PM
Jan 2018

that you give the very best of your catch, game, food, and girl children to your chieftain. KaHuna has spoken!

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. Memories of
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jan 2018

a similar quote.

The one that always wins the day is,Religion is the Opiate of the Masses.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
8. My theory: Man evolves to become god then goes back in time to create man so that...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jan 2018

man can evolve to become god.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
9. Yeah but who created the Uber-God, who created the....
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:10 PM
Jan 2018

...Creator™ god, who created man in his (invisible) image?


Of course this could lead to the question:
Who created the Super-Uber-God, who created the Uber-God who created the Creator™ god, who created man in his (invisible) image?

Which could lead to the question:
Who created the Mega-Super-Uber-God, who created the Super-Uber-God, who created the Uber-God, who created the Creator™ god, who created man in his (invisible) image?

Which could lead to the question:
Who created the Hyper-Mega-Super-Uber-God, who created the Mega-Super-Uber-God, who created the Super-Uber-God, who created the Uber-God, who created the Creator™ god, who created man in his (invisible) image?

Which could lead to the question...ad nauseam...

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
10. You have successfully conceived of all those things.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:13 PM
Jan 2018

Congratulations! In asking, you have answered.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
14. You might need to sit down for this...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:30 PM
Jan 2018

...but there really wasn't any "credit" given up-post, because there wasn't any "credit" to give, sorry to break it to you.

I hope you're not too upset.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
12. A truly evolved religion does away with deities altogether.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:18 PM
Jan 2018

It recognizes that all ideas are formed by humans and that it is only necessary to learn which ideas promote advancement and peace. Buddhism is well along that path, although it is still stuck on the whole eschatology thing. Once it accepts the one-pass concept of life, it will have reached truth. All is encompassed by one existence. The success of that existence depends on the individual's understanding.

Reductio ad simplicitas is the key.

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