>Depends. Is the god eternal? Things that are eternal (at least, eternal into the past) don't have beginnings, and therefore don't need creators. (Same with an eternal, cyclical universe - no creator required. It just is, and always has been.)
I'd add that if "god" is/was/will be made entirely of photons (and/or other massless particles), then "god" moves at the speed of light, which means "god" doesn't experience the passage of time[0]; so no beginning, no end and no in-between, just existence outside of "time."
This is, of course, a ridiculous idea. However, it does support the fantasy of an eternal being.
Then again, "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."[1]
Which isn't to say that such claptrap as I suggest is true and, based on what we know now, it seems (at least to me) a ridiculous concept.
That said, our understanding of the universe(s) is woefully incomplete.
I'd add that if "god" is/was/will be made entirely of photons (and/or other massless particles), then "god" moves at the speed of light, which means "god" doesn't experience the passage of time[0]; so no beginning, no end and no in-between, just existence outside of "time."
This is, of course, a ridiculous idea. However, it does support the fantasy of an eternal being.
Then again, "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."[1]
Which isn't to say that such claptrap as I suggest is true and, based on what we know now, it seems (at least to me) a ridiculous concept.
That said, our understanding of the universe(s) is woefully incomplete.
[0] https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/54162/how-does-a...
[1] http://www.shakespeare-online.com/quickquotes/quickquotehaml...
Edit: Used the correct conjunction.