Did God create us or we create God?

There has got to be a God, or a Supreme Being. How else to explain the complexities of the universe, who created all this? So to why God allows destructive things to happen, I don't have an answer. On the other hand, God also allow great things to happen, like acts of kindnesses and sacrifice, great inventions, brilliant minds. So there's a check and balance - but who keeps track of that?

Well this is philosophical and I guess everybody's view is different. Although I'm sort of a semi-Christian, in a way I think we created God. In fact God might not be a guy up in heaven looking down on us. He'll be more like a source of energy that no one can really imagine. We 'created' God to explain things that happens around our world. We know that we must have started off some how but no one really knows as there are no historical or scientific proof. Was there a big bang? How did everything start. I think our world has no start and no end. like space. You can't go out and say here's start of space and here's the end. It's more like some where around there's a big ring we can't recognize. Something we can't model graphically or visually. Something so complicated that it's hard to see how it works. God may be anything but God must exist as whether God created as or we created God, he's something that we use to explain the start of the universe and how our world works. Although our scientific advancements explains things differently and people are more and more in doubt that there is no God, big bang could not have happened without a reason. There's no random factor in our universe. A certain set of force named God created us all.

I can't answer your question because basically I don't know whether I still believe in God or not. Same with you, I have so many questions in my mind about God. If he is real or not? I don't know what to believe in because no one can give me a good answer that can really convince me about God. I hope there is someone who can share and prove to us that there is really God. Because for now I'm thinking that only people are the one who is creating God through their imaginations. I think those people who created the bible are just one of the most intelligent and most imaginative persons ever because through their writings many people believe with them. Through their writings there is a form of "faith" in different religions as what they have called it.

i think both in a way.. i personally believe there is a god but i think if there wasnt we would make one anyways since every one has a need to believe in something.. and if there is a god i do believe he allows bad things to happen because there is a under lying reason for it or something.. some things are so horrible i couldnt even imagine justifying it but i figure there is some reason they let it happen..

the god created us and we created gods .there is a god and he created the humans and gave us every thing to experience every thing in the world and what we people are doing is destroying this place ,i belive in god and he is not allowing the destructive things but its the humans bcoz of there sins we have this sort of problems

People are tied to ethical values bacause of a fundamental pillar which is called faith to a supreme being or GOd. We all benefit for this because we strive to become better people for ourselves, and for other people. I'm a religious person, and I believe in the Almighty Father... I believe God allows destructive forces in Earth, so as to keep balance and for nature to take its course. You see, everything happens for a reason. We may not realize it, but everything plays a big role in His great scheme..

Yes, there is a being who many people refer to as 'God'. Nearly all the 'descriptions' of Him that we read in scriptures and are taught fall so far short of the mark that it can be said with some truth that 'man created God in his own image'. You have only to look at the different ways that different religions have described 'God' (or, in some cases, 'Gods'). There is, indeed, only one being/mind/person who created (and, indeed, is ) everything created. Most. if not all, religions and scriptures have recognised and described it. In our terms, God is both 'male' and 'female' and has so many facets that the one being is often worshipped as two or more deities. That doesn't matter to 'him'. The important thing is that each of us tries to get as close to the power that creates us as possible. Just as a child can be close to their father or mother without understanding all the complexities of adult life, so a person can be close to their Creator. Yes, of course, because 'he' created the world as part of the Universe and because it follows all the physical laws that were also created to order it, earthquakes, floods, typhoons are all part of that. We, as humans, see only the destruction, loss of life, pain and sadness they can cause. We tend to forget that our life on this earth is only a very small part of creation. I do know (which is more than belief) that we have an immortal part of us. Whether it has an 'individuality' in the sense that we usually think of as 'soul', I don't know. What I do know (and can tell you for certain) is that 'God' loves every one of us individually and personally in our manifestation in this life. If and when you can come to 'him' and ask 'him' who 'he' is, 'he' will show you.

I believe in God.,. But like you I have questions too. Why create and destroy? Is it punishment? What about the innocent lives affected? If God created everything, where did he come from? All this questions and much more bother my thoughts at times.

There is a possibility humanity created God or gods or the creator as simply an idea and nothing more. There are rules to religion, the "word" of God/gods, but can one actually prove the existence of God, the word or the rules of the entity/entities? Perhaps proof is impossible for any of these. On one hand, we'd have to define existence and have a consistant definition for it. Here's where things start to become convoluted. I physically exist (in terms of definition), but the thoughts I have do not physically exist. In fact, they can't really be described or quantified in physical terms. However, the thoughts do exist and they are being recorded in textual form as I'm typing this. Still, the thoughts themselves are only known to me... not in a physical sense (though neurons firing off bioelectric signals could count...). The point is that the idea of God might be a manifestation of humans, but its definition of existence is in question. Think of other gods in human culture and history (notably the Greek and Roman gods). Is there proof of their existence or is it only in myth, folklore and legends? Something similar could be said for current religions. Now for possible proof of God/gods. Does the idea/word/religion prove a creation of God or was this inherent in most humans? If it was inherent but subject to human imperfection, it would explain different interpretations of God and religion. Not much of a proof but still something to think about. Another issue, scientific history and composition of the planet and people. Things are so imperfect in both, but at the same time perfection can be seen. Life began in a seemingly inhospitable environment some 4.6 billion years ago. Since then, there has been evolution and change in life, adapting to what was available. It also seems the environment fit many of the lifeforms for each of the eons and periods (though many models say its the lifeforms that shaped the environments in the beginning...) Even in the current era and environment, there is the imperfect/perfect contradiction. The earth is warming and experiencing seeming weather anomalies, but overall things remain in balance. From the perspective of geologic history one significant change could through things out of balance... but so far nothing of the sort is happening (well debatable, but in terms of comparing previous environmental setups, nothing major has occured in the present). Its interesting that the environment remains in such a fascinating state despite the time period. Perhaps the whole environment and planet is managed by an external intelligence or created to be a self-managing entity. A third proof, or possible proof... the people themselves. People say they've experienced their own miracles in life. Others claim that God/gods do act but they do so indirectly (through the acts of fellow man, through small "miracles").

There is God. and He is alive. There reason why your heart keeps on beating and brain keeps functioning is because God makes and wills them to. How can we create Someone whom you do not see? Most destructive happenings around us are consequences of our own actions, our own free will to decide sometimes dooms us to fail.

i guess it will all depend on what you believe in. In my case, I certainly believe that God created me. I acknowledge that someone bigger, mightier, merciful created me. It is only through that way that I will know who I am anyway. I rather see myself as a creation rather than a creator because in that way I will know my roots, my origin and perhaps my purpose. I certainly believe that God is not the one who made all the destructive events in our lives. Earthquake, thypoons, flood and all those stuff are created by people themselves.. To live in a paradise like world or in a destroyed earth is choice that we people made. =)

Hi! Let me just post my opinion! Let me tell you that the Bible says... in the beginning God! This illustrates that before we he existed. The next Q you were asking is it God who brought about destruction such as earthquakes and calamities? the answer is NO! God is a Good God! He wants to make sure that receive every benefit of these lifetime! But we have submitted ourselves to the god of this world called satan! nothing good comes from him. All he has is a distortion of the Word of God! The bible says in John 10:10 The Thief...Satan and his Devil steals from us the beautiful things that we unknowingly surrendered to satan. God wants you to know that you can defeat the enemy. He send Jesus...the First born So that all of us will know that he defeated the enemy therefore we can defeat the enemy. Jesus who was God removed the qualities of God and was the Son of Man when he defeated the lies of the enemy. Friend...We are powerful! WE are CREATED LIKE HIM Yes there is a God and We are His Body!

i believe that we do respond to god the initiating/original creator in a kind of way reflecting the way "he/she" treats us. in a way that shows praise and realistic-respect.