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I searched the forums and couldn't find an existing thread, but maybe my searching skills need honing. I have a question and would like to hear some ideas and/or specific Biblical doctrine.
Why did God create?
God is perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, and exists outside of time and space. A being of that sort wouldn't appear to need anything, to feel unfulfilled, or to be bored. After all, He's perfect (complete, unerring).
So, since God has always been (long before the universe) and will always be (long after we're all dead), what sparked His sudden urge to create something? What are the beliefs as to why a perfect God would somehow feel an emptiness that could (presumably) only be filled by creating a vast and incredible physical universe to contain an imperfect, flesh-and-blood creature?
I don't intend to make this a "why are we here" question, but more of a "why did He do it" kind of question. What was His motivation, and didn't He already know how things would turn out before He said, "Let there be light?" If He already knew this, why did He bother to follow through with it?
Why did God create?
God is perfect, omnipotent, omniscient, and exists outside of time and space. A being of that sort wouldn't appear to need anything, to feel unfulfilled, or to be bored. After all, He's perfect (complete, unerring).
So, since God has always been (long before the universe) and will always be (long after we're all dead), what sparked His sudden urge to create something? What are the beliefs as to why a perfect God would somehow feel an emptiness that could (presumably) only be filled by creating a vast and incredible physical universe to contain an imperfect, flesh-and-blood creature?
I don't intend to make this a "why are we here" question, but more of a "why did He do it" kind of question. What was His motivation, and didn't He already know how things would turn out before He said, "Let there be light?" If He already knew this, why did He bother to follow through with it?