Re: Creation of the Universe

My first introduction to an emanationist perspective!  Thank you M.A.!  I guess a lot depends on what you mean by “God”!  The role implied in the original question would be similar to that of a “First Being” and moreover, a “Creator Being”, at that!  Nevertheless, it doesn't really address at all the question of where he/she/it/they came from and how “God” came to be.  The progression that is explicit in the emanationist perspective 'makes sense' from the point-of-view that the meta-physical precedes and by its existence supports the reality of the physical universe.  It has always seemed to me that the question of 'First Cause' asks as much about how “God” came to be as it does the universe itself.  Presuming that there is a “reason” for the First Cause to exist, it asks how that came to be and by derivation, from where? by who? of what?