Energy explained, again (Introduction)

by dhw, Sunday, March 19, 2017, 11:30 (2596 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: "'There is no physical “essence” of energy, and no such thing as “pure energy”. Energy is always carried by something, usually in the form of movement.”

This caught my eye, since you have suggested that your God is “pure energy”, and prior to his creation of the universe, there was nothing except conscious “pure energy”. The article is not concerned with metaphysics, but it does raise the issue of definition in relation to your idea of the first cause. If energy is always “carried by something”, I’m not sure how it can actually exist without matter.