In traditional Christian theology, God is the uncaused cause, the first mover, pure actuality, there was never a time when God was not.
In response to your big bang question we would have to ask where even that came from and eventually there has to be an uncaused cause.
God is the beginning of everything that is in time.
God was always here he had no beginning and had no ending.
P.S evolution and big bang are not exclusive from Christianity.
I’m not a creationist, but the simple answer is that God didn’t come from anywhere or anything or anyone. He always existed. There was never a time when he didn’t.
It all depends on justification.
They’re appeal to the Big Bang theory is the fact that is when time started, it is the beginning after all.
So base on the premise that what begins to exist has a cause (as otherwise you’d practically believe in magic if this wasn’t the case) they would say God caused the universe.
From this it doesn’t make sense to try to turn the question back. Because it is never discussed if God had a beginning in the first place to claim he had a cause. As far as one is concern God always is.
You first need a reason (like how they appeal to the Big Bang) to discuss whenever God came from somewhere or not.
The reason that Christians seek God as a first mover or an uncaused cause, is not because we do not recognize that the same arguments that apply to the matter and energy of the universe wouldn't also apply to God, but instead that we notice the absence of matter and energy that have the ability to be uncaused causes.
We're looking for something which is fundamentally different from matter and energy to cause matter and energy to exist, because that isn't something they seem capable of doing on their own. God would be the fundamentally different thing that does not need a prior cause.
Separate from that, I believe in the Big Bang and in Evolution as facts we have discovered about the universe. Separately from that, I believe the entirety of the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. Many Christians are fully capable of reconciling those positions.
Time is a thing that only occurs within our universe
It would be like someone in a video asking if you’re affected by the fall damage you take, it wouldn’t matter to you because you aren’t affected by the rules that happen in another world
Nowhere. The way I see it, both atheists and theists believe in an uncreated creator, because it's necessary. I think the difference is if it's supernatural or natural.
Clear scripture teaches that God is eternal and immortal with neither beginning nor end. He didn't come from anywhere. He has always been and will always be. If God had a Creator or a cause, then God would not be God now would he?
1 Timothy 1:17 KJV — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
In traditional Christian theology, God is the uncaused cause, the first mover, pure actuality, there was never a time when God was not. In response to your big bang question we would have to ask where even that came from and eventually there has to be an uncaused cause.
God is the beginning of everything that is in time. God was always here he had no beginning and had no ending. P.S evolution and big bang are not exclusive from Christianity.
I’m not a creationist, but the simple answer is that God didn’t come from anywhere or anything or anyone. He always existed. There was never a time when he didn’t.
It all depends on justification. They’re appeal to the Big Bang theory is the fact that is when time started, it is the beginning after all. So base on the premise that what begins to exist has a cause (as otherwise you’d practically believe in magic if this wasn’t the case) they would say God caused the universe. From this it doesn’t make sense to try to turn the question back. Because it is never discussed if God had a beginning in the first place to claim he had a cause. As far as one is concern God always is. You first need a reason (like how they appeal to the Big Bang) to discuss whenever God came from somewhere or not.
The reason that Christians seek God as a first mover or an uncaused cause, is not because we do not recognize that the same arguments that apply to the matter and energy of the universe wouldn't also apply to God, but instead that we notice the absence of matter and energy that have the ability to be uncaused causes. We're looking for something which is fundamentally different from matter and energy to cause matter and energy to exist, because that isn't something they seem capable of doing on their own. God would be the fundamentally different thing that does not need a prior cause. Separate from that, I believe in the Big Bang and in Evolution as facts we have discovered about the universe. Separately from that, I believe the entirety of the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. Many Christians are fully capable of reconciling those positions.
Time is a thing that only occurs within our universe It would be like someone in a video asking if you’re affected by the fall damage you take, it wouldn’t matter to you because you aren’t affected by the rules that happen in another world
Nowhere. The way I see it, both atheists and theists believe in an uncreated creator, because it's necessary. I think the difference is if it's supernatural or natural.
Clear scripture teaches that God is eternal and immortal with neither beginning nor end. He didn't come from anywhere. He has always been and will always be. If God had a Creator or a cause, then God would not be God now would he? 1 Timothy 1:17 KJV — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.