When I conceive in this area, things like will and want don't fit; maybe it's just me.
But since it exists eternally it would make sense the creation does also.
I can see that conclusion. I can also not see it. Conceptualizing the boundary between eternal and temporal is a pretty dicey deal IMHO.
Thanks for your post.
D-fendr: When I conceive in this area, things like will and want don't fit; maybe it's just me.
D, you said the not "as an 'initiation' of creation" but that creation occurred "as a result of its [creator's] existence". Then it was not a willful act. How does that square with your Christian religion which says that God actively worked for seven proverbial days to create the world?
[kosta: But since it [creator] exists eternally it would make sense the creation does also.]
I can see that conclusion. I can also not see it. Conceptualizing the boundary between eternal and temporal is a pretty dicey deal IMHO.
If the world is merely a consequence of the uncaused first cause's eternal existence (not its will or willful act), then the world must have existed eternally. This is contrary to the Big Bang evidence.