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Why is God called "the Creator of Heavens and Earth"?

God to me is called the Creator of Heaven and Earth,that is, of the whole world, becuase he made it out of nothing. Making somthing out of nothing is to create.

What do you think??????

Arena Host Warlord

If you look at the bible and read the first chapter, you will realize that it (god) did not create the universe from nothing. It was created with "darkness" and "water".

finti Senior Member

did not create the universe from nothing. It was created with "darkness" and "water".

and then he added some butter, milk ,sugar and flower and here we are

42Bardock Restricted

thats nice so we can make some decent cake

Arena Host Warlord

Just for the record, I don't beleive any part of the modern bibles. I just stated one of the many stupid things christians repeat that is not even in it.

Jackie Malfoy Jacks

Because according to the bible he created both of them.Acouse this leaves the question on did he create the devil?JM

Cinemaddiction AmStar 14 Manager

The devil was once an angel.

42Bardock Restricted

Thats not stated in the bible is it? Not in the official one at least.

DirectorFitz Senior Member

Yes, Satan was an angel, a very powerful one...then he lead a rebellion of Angels against God, and God through him and his angels out of Heaven and down to Earth

Oh, and God created all the angels, so, yes he did create Satan...but his angelic name was Lucifer..

finti Senior Member

then he lead a rebellion of Angels against God,

seems like this god cant be omnipotent omnipresence then since his closest allies revolted. But then again this is a story that you find in most mythologies, a revolt/underminding against the big chief..... guess the story is sooooooooo good all mythologies adapt it. Which leads to that they are all copycats

AdventChild The Oringinal AdventChild

Yes, Santan was once Lucifer and was once an angel the reason though that he revolted was becuase God gave almost as much power as him and he wanted to do somthing with humans that God did not like so Lucifer revolted aginst him so God trow him in the under world

AdventChild The Oringinal AdventChild

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did not create the universe from nothing. It was created with "darkness" and "water".

and then he added some butter, milk ,sugar and flower and here we are

thats a funny come back too , i like that

Arena Host Warlord

AdventChild, I pretty sure that wasn't a comeback. It was supposed to be funny.
The bible clearly states that two other substances existed and it(god) parted the two to create the heavens aka the universe.

Storm Black belt BJJ

God as the origin of everything is also used to explain the notion of god’ s absolute mastery over all of existence. Because everything was created by god, then god has authority over it all.

Imperial_Samura Anticrust Smurf

Its interesting how so many religions are based on a God creating everything from some manner of primordial nothingness that consisted of water and chaos (or darkness), in some ways it is so easy to see where parts of the bible came up with its inspiration. Similar with the whole Devil aspect, things like Ancient Mesopotamian myths, Sumerian myths are in many ways similar, to a degree.

Storm Black belt BJJ

Christianity is deeply in debt to older mythologies for a lot of its beliefs and ideas - not that you' d ever hear that admitted. Most Christians don't even seem to realize it at all.

Imperial_Samura Anticrust Smurf

Which is a shame. Christianity as a whole would be much richer for accepting is heritage and the message it contains..

Jackie Malfoy Jacks

Is that in the bible?If so where?If not where did you read that god created an angel that went bad and became the devil?JM

42Bardock Restricted

Again Where in the Bible is that stated? Where is the War? Is it nopt true that this so called Luzifer was a Babylonian King in the only part of the Bible where he appears. No wait I remember the Book Hiob, there the Devil is a servant of God. Please state where you got the wwar from (of course I am familiar with this story too) and then state where in the Bible The DSevil is shown as bad or even the counterpart of god. Oh and last state where the Hell is stated in the Bible. Exact would be good.

ushomefree Senior Member

Originally posted by Storm
Christianity is deeply in debt to older mythologies for a lot of its beliefs and ideas - not that you' d ever hear that admitted. Most Christians don't even seem to realize it at all.

Give me an example? Please, enlighten me.