Monday, 23 May 2011 00:00 | and posted in Q&A Corner
According to a theory circulating on the internet, Chuck Norris created God. Somehow, we just don't think that the undefeated Karate world champion and movie legend has this kind of power. The most common answer people respond with nowadays is that humankind created the idea of God to explain the world around them. However, the Bible tells a different story, not of man creating God in this way, but of a God who reveals his existence to humanity time and time again in order to radically impact our lives.
The Bible also talks about God like he's always been around and has not been made or created. For example, Psalm 90:2 says, 'Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.' This phrase everlasting to everlasting means that no matter how far back or forward in time you traveled, you would always find God existing. He has no beginning or end.
As western people we like to think in straight lines with things always having a beginning and an end. We therefore, naturally find the idea of God always existing as completely mind-boggling. Faith, however, often needs some circular thinking thrown into the mix, after all, where does a circle begin and end?