If God didn't create everything, who did?
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The question can also be seen as a [[false dichotomy]] that assumes that either 1) God created the universe, or 2) some other being did so, and ignores the fact that both of those explanations might be wrong. | The question can also be seen as a [[false dichotomy]] that assumes that either 1) God created the universe, or 2) some other being did so, and ignores the fact that both of those explanations might be wrong. | ||
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This argument is a result of a theist not being able to imagine that it was not in fact, a being that made the universe.
Counter-arguments
The word "who" makes this a complex question: the person asking the question presupposes that the universe was created by a person (a "who" rather than a "what"). A better question would be "How did the universe come into existence?"
The question can also be seen as a false dichotomy that assumes that either 1) God created the universe, or 2) some other being did so, and ignores the fact that both of those explanations might be wrong.
-actually any being who had the power to create the universe would, by definition be a god so the very question is illogical.
