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A creator deity is a deity in a creation myth responsible for the creation of the world (or universe). See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always A creation myth is a supernatural mytho-[[religion religious]] story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, Earth, life, and "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy

In monotheism, the single God is necessarily also the creator deity, while polytheistic traditions may or may not have creator deities. For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Polytheism is belief in or worship of multiple Gods (usually assembled in a pantheon) together with associated Mythology and Rituals

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Polytheism

In polytheistic creation myths, the world often comes into being organically, e. g. sprouting from a primal seed, sexually, by hierosgamos, violently, by the slaying of a primeval monster, or artificially, by a divine demiurge or "craftsman". Hieros Gamos ( Greek ιερός γάμος, "holy wedding" or Hierogamy (Greek ιερογαμία, again "holy wedding" Demiurge (the Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, δημιουργός, literally "public or skilled worker" from demos Sometimes, a god is involved, wittingly or unwittingly, in bringing about creation. Examples include

Platonic demiurge

Main article: demiurge
Further information: Neoplatonism and Gnosticism and Great Architect of the Universe

Plato, in his dialogue Timaeus, describes a creation myth involving a being called the demiurge (δημιουργός "craftsman"). Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the Legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan) "The Mother of Gods" (Cōhuātlīcue koː The Aztec civilization recognized a polytheistic mythology which contained the many gods (over 100 and supernatural creatures from their religious beliefs In Inca mythology, Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra, commonly known today as Con-Tici Viracocha or simply Viracocha, was the creator of Civilization Inca mythology includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological and helps explain or symbolizes Inca beliefs In Mythology, and in the study of Folklore and Religion, a trickster is a God, Goddess, spirit, man woman or anthropomorphic Inuit mythology has many similarities to the Religions of other Polar regions Inuit traditional religious practices could be very briefly summarised as a Demiurge (the Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, δημιουργός, literally "public or skilled worker" from demos Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of Hellenistic philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, based The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is a conception of God discussed by many Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Timaeus ( Greek: Τίμαιος, Timaios) is a theoretical treatise of Plato in the form of a Socratic dialogue, written Demiurge (the Latinized form of Greek demiourgos, δημιουργός, literally "public or skilled worker" from demos This concept was continued in Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical Philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD founded by Gnosticism (γνώσις gnōsis, Knowledge) refers to a diverse Syncretistic Religious movement consisting of various Belief systems In Neoplatonism, the demiurge represents the second cause or dyad, after the monad. In Gnostic dualism, the demiurge is an imperfect spirit, transcended by divine Fullness (Pleroma). Dualism denotes a state of two parts The word's origin is the Latin duo, "two". Pleroma (Greek grc πλήρωμα generally refers to the totality of divine powers

Monism

Further information: Hindu Creationism
Further information: Jainism and non-creationism

In Advaita Vedanta, Brahman is the abstract notion of "the Absolute" from which the universe takes its origin, and at an ultimate level, all assertions of a distinction between Brahman, other gods and creation are meaningless (monism). Hindu views on evolution include a range of viewpoints in regards to Evolution, Creationism, and the Origin of life within the diverse traditions of Jainism does not support belief in a Creator deity. According to Jain doctrine the Universe and its constituents - soul matter space time and principles Advaita Vedanta ( IAST Advaita Vedānta; Sanskrit अद्वैत वेदान्त əd̪vait̪ə veːd̪ɑːnt̪ə is a sub-school of the Brahman ( bráhman-, Nominative bráhma sa ब्रह्म is a concept of Hinduism. Monism is the metaphysical and Theological view that all is one that all reality is subsumed under the most fundamental category of being or existence

Some gods in Buddhism have the view that they are creators of the world. For example, Baka Brahma. A Brahmā in Buddhism is the name for a type of exalted passionless deity ( deva) of which there are multiple in Buddhist cosmology. However, Buddha pointed out to them that they do not know the whole extent of the universe (he said they have no knowledge of some of the highest heavens), and further, the spiritual power of the Buddha was greater than the spiritual power of these gods who thought they created the world. One of the Suttas dealing with this subject is the Kevaddha Sutta.

Also, Buddha said (in DN1 - the Brahmajala Sutta or The Net of Views) that their view of being the creator of the world is a misconception, and that these Brahma-gods actually have a cause which lead their origination (taking birth as a Brahma-god). Buddha even tells how the views concerning 'creator gods' originate in the world - through junior Brahma-gods (with a more limited life-span) who, on their passing away, get reborn as a human, and through practicing meditation are able to remember their previous life as a junior god to a Brahma god. Then, he starts to preach this view of a 'creator god' to others (see DN1 - the Brahmajala Sutta). Jainism similarly believes in "craftsman" deities responsible for the physical world, which are however transcended by a static and uncreated universe. Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma / Shraman Dharma (जैन धर्म is an ancient religion of India. Transtheistic is a term coined by philosopher Paul Tillich or Indologist Heinrich Zimmer, referring to a system of thought or Religious philosophy which

Monotheism

Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism and Islam teach that Creation is believed to be the origin of the universe by the action of God. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.

Among monotheists it has historically been most commonly believed that living things are God's creations, and are not the result of a process inherent in originally non-living things, unless this process is designed, initiated, or directed by God; likewise, sentient and intelligent beings are believed to be God's creation, and did not arise through the development of living but non-sentient beings, except by the intervention of God. For the Celtic Frost album see Monotheist (album In Theology, monotheism (from Greek grc [[wiktμόνος μόνος]] Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. It is an important concept in the philosophy of Animal rights, in buddhist philosophy and in Intelligence (also called intellect) is an Umbrella term used to describe a property of the Mind that encompasses many related abilities such as the capacities [1]

Judaism

Further information: Creation according to Genesis

Orthodox Judaism historically affirms that one incorporeal God is the creator of all things, and that this same one created Adam and Eve personally (directly). Creation according to Genesis refers to the Hebrew narrative of the creation of the heavens and the earth as told in chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Adam (אָדָם ʼĀḏām, "dust man mankind" آدم; Ge'ez: አዳ and Eve (חַוָּה Ḥawwā, "living They affirm that this Being is an indivisible one (consists of no parts - neither visible or invisible), incomparable to any created thing, and immutable.

Christianity

It is a tenet of Christian faith (Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant) that God is the creator of all things from nothing, and has made man in the image of God, who by direct inference is also the source of the human soul. The Latin phrase ex nihilo means "out of nothing" It often appears in conjunction with the concept of Creation, as in creatio ex nihilo Within this broad understanding, however, there are a number of views regarding exactly how this doctrine ought to be interpreted.

While the synoptic gospels do not address the question of creation, the Gospel of John famously begins:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The synoptic gospels are the first three Gospels of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. The Gospel of John (literally According to John; Greek, Κατὰ Ἰωάννην Kata Iōannēn) is the fourth Gospel in the canon He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being . . . And the Word [Jesus Christ] became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth" <John 1:1-3 and 1:14>.

Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews contains another reference to creation:

"For by faith we understand the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible" <Hebrews 11:3>. The Epistle to the Hebrews (abbr Heb for Citations is one of the books in the New Testament. [2]

Thus, in Chalcedonian Christology, Jesus is the Word of God, which was in the beginning and, thus, is uncreated, and hence is God, and consequently identical with the Creator of the world ex nihilo. Chalcedonian refers to churches and theologians which accept the definition given at the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD of how the divine and human relate in the person of Christology (from Christ and Greek grc -λογία -logia) is a field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with In Christology, the conception that the Christ is the Logos ( λóγος, the Greek for "word" "wisdom" or God the Son is the second person of the Trinity in Christian Theology. The Latin phrase ex nihilo means "out of nothing" It often appears in conjunction with the concept of Creation, as in creatio ex nihilo

The Roman Catholic Church allows for both a literal and allegorical interpretation of Genesis, so as to allow for the possibility of Creation by means of an evolutionary process over great spans of time, otherwise known as theistic evolution. Theistic evolution is the general opinion that classical religious teachings about God and creation are compatible with some or all of the modern scientific understanding

It believes that the creation of the world is a work of God through the Logos, the Word (idea, intelligence, reason and logic):

In the beginning was the Word. grc-Latn Logos (ˈloʊːgɒs ( Greek, logos) is an important term in Philosophy, Analytical psychology, Rhetoric and Religion . . and the Word was God. . . all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. " The New Testament claims that God created everything by the eternal Word, Jesus Christ his beloved Son. In him "all things were created, in heaven and on earth. . . all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [3]

Surrounded by a pervasive culture of rationalism, relativism and secularism, the Catholic Church is questioning the validity of reason basing itself on an evolutionary origin of mere chance. In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286 Compare Moral relativism, Aesthetic relativism, Social constructionism, Cultural relativism, and Cognitive relativism. In a 1999 lecture at the University of Paris, then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said:

The question is . The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century On November 25, 1981, Pope John Paul II named Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger . . whether reason, being a chance by-product of irrationality and floating in an ocean of irrationality, is ultimately just as meaningless; or whether the principle that represents the fundamental conviction of Christian faith and of its philosophy remains true: "In principio erat Verbum" — at the beginning of all things stands the creative power of reason. Now as then, Christian faith represents the choice in favor of the priority of reason and of rationality. [. . . ] there is no ultimate demonstration that the basic choice involved in Christianity is correct. Yet, can reason really renounce its claim to the priority of what is rational over the irrational, the claim that the Logos is at the ultimate origin of things, without abolishing itself?
Even today, by reason of its choosing to assert the primacy of reason, Christianity remains "enlightened," and I think that any enlightenment that cancels this choice must, contrary to all appearances, mean, not an evolution, but an involution, a shrinking, of enlightenment.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and others within Mormonism, believe that physical reality (space, matter and/or energy) is eternal, and therefore does not have an absolute origin. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Mormonism is a term used to describe the religious, ideological and cultural elements of certain branches of the Latter Day Saint movement While in the popular mind eternity often simply means existing for a limitless amount of Time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside of The Creator is an architect and organizer of pre-existent matter and energy, who constructed the present cosmos out of the raw material and that God was created by the god before him. In its most general sense a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system

Creationism

Main article: Creationism

Christian fundamentalism in the USA since the 1930s has pursued Biblical literalist doctrines of "Creationism" as a counter-hypothesis opposing the scientific community, with concepts such as flood geology, creation science and intelligent design proposed as syntheses of Christian creation beliefs and scientific method. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and Biblical literalism (also called Biblicism) is a primarily pejorative term referring to the adherence to an explicit and literal sense of the Bible. "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. The scientific community consists of the total body of Scientists its relationships and interactions Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a prominent subset of beliefs under the umbrella of Creationism that assumes the literal Creation science or scientific creationism is a movement within Creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific theories on Intelligent Scientific method refers to bodies of Techniques for investigating phenomena

Islam

The fundamental concept in Islam is the oneness of God. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Muslims believe that God (Arabic:Allah) is the creator of all living and non-living things in the universe, has no gender, source or offspring. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' This monotheism is absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word.

Sikhism

One of the biggest responsibilities in Sikhism is to worship God as "The Creator". The religion only takes after the belief in "One God for All".

Chinese Mythology

Pangu can be interpreted as another creator deity. For the 1st century Chinese historian see Ban Gu. For the town in Nepal see Pangu Nepal. In the beginning there was nothing in the universe except a formless chaos. The Universe is defined as everything that Physically Exists: the entirety of Space and Time, all forms of Matter, Energy Chaos (derived from the Ancient Greek, Chaos) typically refers to Unpredictability, and is the antithesis of Cosmos. However this chaos began to coalesce into a cosmic egg for eighteen thousand years. A world egg or cosmic egg is a mythological motif found in the Creation myths of many Cultures and Civilizations Typically Within it, the perfectly opposed principles of yin and yang became balanced and Pangu emerged (or woke up) from the egg. In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin and yang ( is used to describe how seemingly opposing forces are bound together intertwined and interdependent in the Pangu is usually depicted as a primitive, hairy giant with horns on his head (like the Greek Pan) and clad in furs. The Mythology and Legends of many different Cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength Pan ( Greek, Genitive) is the Greek god of shepherds and flocks of mountain wilds hunting and rustic music paein means to pasture Pangu set about the task of creating the world: he separated Yin from Yang with a swing of his giant axe, creating the Earth (murky Yin) and the Sky (clear Yang). EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The sky is the part of the Atmosphere or of Outer space visible from the surface of any Astronomical object. To keep them separated, Pangu stood between them and pushed up the Sky. This task took eighteen thousand years, with each day the sky grew ten feet higher, the Earth ten feet wider, and Pangu ten feet taller. In some versions of the story, Pangu is aided in this task by the four most prominent beasts, namely the Turtle, the Qilin, the Phoenix, and the Dragon. Turtles are Reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the Crown group Chelonia) most of The Qilin ( also spelled Kylin, or Kirin ( Japanese and Korean) is a Mythical hooved Chinese chimerical Fenghuang are mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds The Chinese Dragon or Oriental dragon is a mythical creature in East Asian culture with a Chinese origin

After the eighteen thousand years had elapsed, Pangu was laid to rest. His breath became the wind; his voice the thunder; left eye the sun and right eye the moon; his body became the mountains and extremes of the world; his blood formed rivers; his muscles the fertile lands; his facial hair the stars and milky way; his fur the bushes and forests; his bones the valuable minerals; his bone marrows sacred diamonds; his sweat fell as rain; and the fleas on his fur carried by the wind became human beings all over the world. Wind is the flow of Air or other Gases that compose an Atmosphere (including but not limited to the Earth's) Thunder is the sound made by Lightning. Depending on the nature of the lightning and distance of the listener it can range from a sharp The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus The distance from Earth and Sky at the end of the 18,000 years would have been 65,700,000 feet, or over 12,443 miles.

The first writer to record the myth of Pangu was Xu Zheng (徐整) during the Three Kingdoms (三國) period. Xú Zhěng ( 220 - 265 AD was a Three Kingdoms (三國 period Daoist author of the "Three Five Historic Records" ( literally The Three Kingdoms period ( is a period in the History of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of

References

  1. ^ Rouvière, Jean-Marc, Brèves méditations sur la création du monde L'Harmattan, Paris (2006), ISBN 2-7475-9922-1.
  2. ^ New American Standard Version, ISBN 0-7369-0018-7
  3. ^ CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 291

See also

Cosmology|Science and the Bible The various authors of the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh) provide sporadic glimpses of their insight regarding Brahma is the Hindu god ( deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. Brahman ( bráhman-, Nominative bráhma sa ब्रह्म is a concept of Hinduism. This article discusses scientific theories of creation (cosmogony The cosmological argument is an Argument for the Existence of God or a " First Cause " Cosmology (from Greek grc κοσμολογία - grc κόσμος kosmos, "universe" and grc -λογία -logia) is study "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. Cultures throughout history have believed the world formed or was formed at some time in the past so methods of dating Creation have involved analysing scriptures and some physical Day-Age creationism, a type of Old Earth creationism, is an interpretation of the creation accounts found in Genesis. Deism is the belief that a supreme God exists and created the physical universe and that religious truths can be arrived at by the application of reason alone without dependence on revelation In common usage existence is the world of which we are aware through our senses but in Philosophy the word has a more specialized meaning and is often contrasted with The question of free will Gap creationism (also known as Ruin-Restoration creationism Restoration creationism or the "Gap Theory" is a form of Old Earth creationism that posits that The Great Spirit is a conception of a Supreme being prevalent among some Native American and First Nations cultures Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. An intelligent designer, also referred to as an intelligent agent, is the willed and self-conscious entity that the Intelligent design movement argues had some Jainism does not support belief in a Creator deity. According to Jain doctrine the Universe and its constituents - soul matter space time and principles Like other religions Native American belief systems include many sacred narratives Old Earth creationism (OEC is an umbrella term for a number of types of Creationism, including Gap creationism and Progressive creationism. Spiritism is a Christian philosophical Doctrine, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century Theism, in its most inclusive usage is the belief in at least one Deity. In Jewish Mysticism, Tzimtzum (צמצום Hebrew: "contraction" or "constriction" refers to the notion in the Kabbalistic theory of The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in Physical cosmology. Young Earth creationism (YEC is the religious belief that Heaven, Earth, and Life on Earth were created by a direct act of God dating Creation according to Genesis refers to the Hebrew narrative of the creation of the heavens and the earth as told in chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis Not to be confused with Eden Gardens.The Garden of Eden ( Hebrew "pleasure" גַּן עֵדֶן Arabic: جنات عدن, In Epistemology and in its broadest sense rationalism is "any view appealing to Reason as a source of knowledge or justification" (Lacey 286
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