If God exists, why did he create life? (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Saturday, December 18, 2010, 19:24 (5088 days ago) @ dhw

If a creator or first cause of the universe exists, or existed, 
it does not necessarily follow that it also created life. 
Life could just be an accidental byproduct.
The aim could have been, say, to produce black holes, or gold.
 
Except of course that postulating an intelligent first cause, 
is to postulate a preexisting life-form.
So if a creator existed, life already existed, 
though I suppose believers would say that the creator 
must be a different form of life, 
formed of something other than matter, immaterial.

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GPJ