Theists often say that the universe and everything that developed in it could not have originated from nothing. In their opinion, there has to be a God that started things because everything has to have a cause and nothing can arise from nothing.
So I continue along this line of reasoning: What caused God, then? Surely, God has to be created, too? You have to apply the same rules here, don’t you?
You cannot argue that God simply was there forever, period. This argument could also be applied to the universe. It always was there, period. Or it arose from the Big Bang, period.
Too many people simply stop asking questions when it comes to God. Their logic does not apply to God, because he is supposed to be transcendent. Every question asked in reference to God can conveniently be discarded with his transcendence. Questioning God is therefore effectively canceled. They replace things that are illogical in their minds with things that are illogical but must not be questioned.
To me, theist religions are a sect like every other sect out there. Thoughts and questions are absurd by their standards or are made a sin.
