How could God exist before space was created since there would be no place for him to exist?
Perhaps Einstein would have the answer. Perhaps some atheists could step up to the plate on this one. How about it all you scientists at CERN labs? The God particle? Huh?
"Heavens" imply space. 'Time' is an illusion which is applicable only to linearly bound critters such as ourselves.
I think they call it Particle X now. You know, after St. Andrew's cross?
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At some point, we all have to settle on certain beliefs or theories as a given. Why? Because there's no way to answer questions regarding the universe's origin. Even if we could satisfactorily explain its beginnings--which we can't, not yet, anyway--we have no way of knowing what happened prior. Same goes for the relatively microcosmic issue of the origins of life on earth. We think we know...but in reality we do not. Some guesses are way more educated than others...but they're still guesses.
And as I said, 'time' really doesn't apply outside the perceptions of linearly bound beings. At the quantum level, it is quite possible (if not at least conceivable) that effect can precede cause.
Our universe is sitting in a globe on his desk.
A human trying to analyze God is like a Ford trying to analyze Henry.
I don´t believe in god so I don´t even bother with all that religious hogwash.
Interesting question. Basically you're asking what's "outside" our universe. The problem for most of us how we think about space and time, aka the universe. When we hear about 'the big bang" and "the expanding universe" we picture a balloon getting bigger as one blows air into it. The balloon exists in three dimensional space and it's expanding into the space around it. However that's not what's happening with the universe. There is no "edge" as we understand it. There are theories about what's "outside" our universe, what existed before the Big Bang, but they all involve complex physics about dimensions and subatomic particles etc...I'm not nearly smart enough to understand what the heck they're talking about. So I suppose the answer would be God exists in a way we can not possibly understand. He lives outside our understanding of how the universe works. In another dimension beyond our comprehension. He didn't need "time and space" because He doesn't exist in "time and space".
In other words "In the beginning..." was written by someone who couldn't possibly know that God existe and it was He who created "the heavens and Earth".
Big Bang
Where does the Bible say 6-7000 yrs old?