X-Ftn-To: Ian 

"Ian"  wrote:
>But then can the universe create itself, preceeding it's own existence?

No, because the definition is bad and contradictory, but since you
insisted, I said OK, let's see where this'll take ya. God is not a
_part_ of everything that exists; God is the _foundation_ of
everything that exists. This is an enormous difference. The Universe,
the entire manifested reality, is merely a form of manifestation of
God, and is illusory in its essence, because the only reality is God.

Making bad definitions of God and Universe doesn't prove anything,
except that you're not at home with logic.

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