Why did God create the universe?

Question: Why did God create the universe and mankind?

— Victor Bunton, Elkhart, Wisconsin

Answer: The full answer is unknown since God has not fully revealed why he created the universe. However, we can ponder some aspects of an answer by considering the nature of God. In the first place, we can rightly conclude that God did not create the universe out of any need such as loneliness, boredom or pride. God does not need to show off and is not looking for companions or activities. God is all, in all. He lacks nothing and has full and eternal beatitude (happiness) within himself.

All that said, we should recall that God is love (cf. 1 Jn 4:7). Now, love is effusive — that is, its nature is to share itself, or pour itself forth and be expansive. Thus it is reasonable to conclude that God created the universe out of love since that is what love does. The created world is a fruit of God’s love, and we are living in a kind of explosion or expansion of God’s love going forth.

Many scientists are searching for a “grand-unified theory,” a theory that explains everything. In the world of theology, however, we have had the answer for a long time. The grand-unified theory explaining everything is love, God’s love.

Jesus’ siblings?​

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From Msgr. Pope-

Answer: The full answer is unknown since God has not fully revealed why he created the universe. However, we can ponder some aspects of an answer by considering the nature of God. In the first place, we can rightly conclude that God did not create the universe out of any need such as loneliness, boredom or pride. God does not need to show off and is not looking for companions or activities. God is all, in all. He lacks nothing and has full and eternal beatitude (happiness) within himself.

All that said, we should recall that God is love (cf. 1 Jn 4:7). Now, love is effusive — that is, its nature is to share itself, or pour itself forth and be expansive. Thus it is reasonable to conclude that God created the universe out of love since that is what love does. The created world is a fruit of God’s love, and we are living in a kind of explosion or expansion of God’s love going forth.

Many scientists are searching for a “grand-unified theory,” a theory that explains everything. In the world of theology, however, we have had the answer for a long time. The grand-unified theory explaining everything is love, God’s love.