The elements are eternal, intelligence is eternal, we were all in the beginning with God, we were not created out of nothing when we were born here. That is not how the word "create" should be understood.
>> and god (if one defines god as having no beginning and no end)
That's right. God has no beginning and no end.
>> There is no "creation " of new life ..simply a reorganization of existing matter??
We came here to be added upon. Our spirits were clothed with element, a physical nature, which, though we lay it down at death, we continue to live as spirits, as you know, and then in the resurrection, we shall receive our physical bodies again, as Jesus did, in immortal, glorified form, never to die again, or be sick, or in pain, or hungry, or cold.
What is it in the spirit nature that is lacking (I am not sure if that is clear) ..Why is not spirit existance sufficent? Are there any that would choose to remain spirits?
Does an intelligence desire to become a spirit or is it a natural progression?