Who made me? He asked. God, Dad replied. Who made you? the little boy continued. God did. Again, the boy asked, Did God make everybody?
Yes, Dad responded, all the people in the world. So far, Dad's answers were correct, but the tought question followed:
If God made all the people in the world, then who made God? Dad scratched his head, then said, I guess God made himself.
Wrong anser! To sa that God made Himself implies that at one time God did not exist and that He is a created being. This contradicts the scriptural assertion the God is creator, not created, that He has always existed apart from His creation, that He is the uncaused cause, the unmoved mover, the I AM.
The calls to mind the importance of a theological consturct. Theology; theos, God; ology: study, is a science. The task of a scientist is to make sense of the world by formulation theories about it that are no-contradictory and consistent with known facts. Similarly, the theologian brings clarity to the Scriptures by making sense of its various parts and by presenting a picture of God; a construct that is harmonious and non-contradictory.
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