Denial of Creation
Some people hold to the idea that the universe is uncreated and has always been as it is now. This is comforting to some of them for a variety of reasons. It avoids several awkward questions. If the universe was created then it had a creator. What is the creator doing now? What does the creator think of us? People who wish to avoid those questions have a trick question of their own. They ask, “Who created the creator?”
We have examined the universe, and we know that it had a beginning. According to all the physical evidence, a powerful agency acted in a seemingly intelligent way to create the universe. Bible believers identify the agency as the divine Creator. However, no one can examine the Creator in the same way that we can examine the universe. There is no way of disproving that the Creator is uncreated.
One skeptic said, “You postulate an uncreated creator who created the universe. I simply postulate an uncreated universe. My explanation is better than yours because it is simpler.” Let’s examine this criterion of the simpler explanation to see if it is valid for accepting or rejecting theories.
We have examined the universe, and we know that it had a beginning. According to all the physical evidence, a powerful agency acted in a seemingly intelligent way to create the universe. Bible believers identify the agency as the divine Creator. However, no one can examine the Creator in the same way that we can examine the universe. There is no way of disproving that the Creator is uncreated.
One skeptic said, “You postulate an uncreated creator who created the universe. I simply postulate an uncreated universe. My explanation is better than yours because it is simpler.” Let’s examine this criterion of the simpler explanation to see if it is valid for accepting or rejecting theories.
