Published May 8, 2026
This article explores the steps God could have taken to achieve the creation of the universe as we know it. He might have tried many scenarios to discover which works best.
God is not limited to the laws of physics or restricted by time. For that matter, He might have created physical laws and time constraints so that everything else works to His satisfaction.
St. Augustine, a theologian in the 4th century, argued that time and the universe had been created simultaneously. He considered the idea that if God did indeed exist, he created time.
But if that were so, He would have limited His ability to experiment with alternate creations.
According to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, time slows down with increased mass. If the mass of the entire universe existed in a space smaller than a subatomic particle, as scientists describe it before the Big Bang, then time would have effectively been at a standstill.1
Without the passage of time, God would have had an eternity to do His creative work!
Understanding that concept, we can conclude that time never existed. It never has and never will. It’s simply a concept we created for our own use and sanity for handling our lives and affairs in a manageable way.
Did gravity cause creation by bringing everything together in the universe, or did God create gravity and let everything else fall into place?
The force of gravitational attraction is proportional to the total mass of the objects. Therefore, it's safe to assume that gravity didn't exist when there were no objects before creation. So, what came first? Gravity, or God's creations?
That brings me to imagine what went on in God's mind. Was gravity something that He realized was necessary to hold the universe together? Or was it just a fluke that occurred when He put all the pieces together?
We take gravity for granted. We usually don't think about it, but the laws of physics are based on the natural laws of gravity—keeping our world and everything in it in its place.
Gravity is a force. We might say it's a force of nature—or a law of physics. It can be measured and mathematically replicated in computer simulations.
So, God may have decided gravity was required so all His creations would stay together in a precise universe?
God might have been busy creating numerous complex scenarios to observe and discover which works best.
Our present state of "existence" might be one of many alternate realities that simultaneously occur. Each reality may follow different paths. There may even be an infinite number of realities.
Even if God created many versions of the universe, what is beyond it remains questionable. And if God created any universe, wouldn't it have required a superior existence to have created God? Somewhat like a Super-God.
Aristotle argued a cause-and-effect theory. There must be a reality that caused God to exist. For that matter, that implies an infinite number of causes and a reality beyond our reckoning.
Even a Super-God would have had to be created by some greater power to cause that existence.2
The reality of our universe is contingent on a prior existence, being that of God or a more superior reality.
Each one could have been the driving force toward the development of the next God who worked endlessly to create what became our present universe.
We know the universe has been expanding ever since the last Big Bang. That expansion is measurable with present technology.
As it keeps expanding, it separates from everything beyond. If there is something beyond the universe, then was that created by God, too?
As intelligent human beings with limited vision, we need a frame of reference. Scientists once believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Then, it was thought that the Milky Way represented the entire universe.
As technology enables us to look farther into space, we gain a better understanding of what's out there. But we will forever have a limited frame of reference, which is unfortunate.
We can't see the big picture while we are in it. I'm sure you've heard the expression, "We can't see the forest for the trees." That's what it means.
We can't think outside the box as long as we are in it. We can only guess, speculate, and dream up more thoughts and ideas. Even Einstein realized the limitations of our comprehension:
So, if God created the universe we exist in, it might merely be one of many attempts at getting it right.
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