Quote Originally Posted by gwahir View Post
I forget what it's called, so I'm going to use the term "backwards causation" even though I'm fairly certain it means something else. The whole question of who (or what) created the Creator. "He was always there" is, of course, a complete cop-out.
If I recall correctly I'm pretty sure the is a theory on the nature of the universe that says it was always here. And if the universe spawned from the big bang there is no reason to think an architect (in this sense, since creator wouldn't make sense) couldn't have been banged also.