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by flukus 3322 days ago
> People will challenge a theist "who created god" but don't challenge "who/what created the Big Bang". For some reason ex nihilo is fine for the Universe but preposterous for a creator?

The big bang and what (if anything) cause it does get challenged and is challenged by serious scientists too. The current answer is we have absolutely no idea.

On the other hand, it's rare to see religous people acknowledge that gods (there is no logical reason for a single god) require a creator at all, it's a thought terminating proposition.

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>(there is no logical reason for a single god) //

Which sounds like you're suggesting there is a logical reason for multiple gods, can you expand on this point?

Assuming a god like figure can exist, why would you assume only one can exist? 10 or 50 or a billion sounds just as Logical as one. God knows our universe would make more sense if it was designed by committee.

Aside from that, given what we know about human evolution and how not unique we are, it stands to reason that a creator was subject to similar limitations.