As a person of the Lutheran faith, I accept the tenant that “In the beginning God created the heavens and earth”. However, I often ask ‘Where did God come from and what was it like before He made these entities’.
You do well to affirm a central understanding of Christians: that of God as Creator. Of course, as finite creatures we can have a very limited understanding of such things, but we can know that which has been revealed in Holy Scripture.
In sharp contrast to Mormons - who believe in an infinite regression of and eternally evolving Godhood - orthodox Theists, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam believe that God is eternal and uncreated: omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Thus, God did not "come from" anything: He has always existed.
As a Ph.D in Theology and former professor, I have often pondered these kinds of questions, trying to imagine what it could be like to be God - eternally existing and never having had a beginning. But it is something that is simply beyond our comprehension - at least this side of Heaven.
You do well to affirm a central understanding of Christians: that of God as Creator. Of course, as finite creatures we can have a very limited understanding of such things, but we can know that which has been revealed in Holy Scripture.
In sharp contrast to Mormons - who believe in an infinite regression of and eternally evolving Godhood - orthodox Theists, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam believe that God is eternal and uncreated: omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Thus, God did not "come from" anything: He has always existed.
As a Ph.D in Theology and former professor, I have often pondered these kinds of questions, trying to imagine what it could be like to be God - eternally existing and never having had a beginning. But it is something that is simply beyond our comprehension - at least this side of Heaven.