One question which inevitably comes up in a discussion of this nature is what is the origin of God?* If God created matter/energy, and designed the systems that have propelled matter into its present arrangement, who or what accomplished that for God?* Why is it any more reasonable to believe that God has always been than it is to say that matter has always been?* As Carl Sagan has said, "If we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been?" (Carl Sagan, Cosmos, [New York:* Random House, Inc., 1980], p. 257).* [more]