Ex Nihilo

[Fool]

why would a god create something that would be in opposition to itself and not in conjunction?

 

[dybmh]

so that creation does not nullify back into its source like candle light in a bright sunny window

 

[Aupmanyav]

God is always a big contraction in itself.

 

[AlexanderG]

A perfect being wouldn't create anything. Since its own existence alone is a state of affairs that cannot be improved up, by definition, then any addition would detract from its perfection.

 

[dybmh]

A perfect being wouldn't create anything. Since its own existence alone is a state of affairs that cannot be improved up, by definition, then any addition would detract from its perfection.

This assumes a linear timeline, right? A comparison is being made between the perfect being before the creation and after the creation. What if the perfect being, the creator, is not included in time, is somehow outside of time? Then both before, current, and after events occur simultaneously. The creation has always existed, and the creator remains perfect throughout?

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

This assumes a linear timeline, right? A comparison is being made between the perfect being before the creation and after the creation. What if the perfect being, the creator, is not included in time, is somehow outside of time? Then both before, current, and after events occur simultaneously. The creation has always existed, and the creator remains perfect throughout?

Correct, further if God is the source of everything, then God is also not bound by logic, because if that is the case, God is not the source of everything.
God is not bound by anything, because then God would not be perfect.

 

[syo]

why would a god create something that would be in opposition to itself and not in conjunction?

An example would be nice.