*[http://creation.com/if-god-created-the-universe-then-who-created-god If God created the universe, then who created God?] by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.
*[http://creation.com/eternal-universe Has the universe always existed?]</ref>
== Prominent atheists claiming the universe came from nothing ==
[[File:Victor J. Stenger.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|[[Victor J. Stenger]] ]]
Atheist Stephen Hawking claims: "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing".<ref>[http://creation.com/stephen-hawking-god Hawking atheopathy] by Jonathan Sarfati</ref> Hawking further claims that the universe “popped into existence without violating the known laws of Nature".<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/article/atheists-respond-to-my-challenge-to-put-up-or-shut-up/ Atheists Respond to my Challenge to Put Up or Shut Up!] by Dr. Don Boys</ref>
Atheist [[Victor J. Stenger]] wrote: "Assuming the universe came from nothing, it is empty to begin with…".<ref>[https://dailyevidence.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/%E2%80%9Catheists-do-not-claim-that-nothing-created-everything-%E2%80%9D/ “Atheists do not claim that nothing created everything.”]</ref>
The atheist philosopher Quinton Smith indicated “the most reasonable belief is that we came from nothing, by nothing, and for nothing."<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/article/atheists-respond-to-my-challenge-to-put-up-or-shut-up/ Atheists Respond to my Challenge to Put Up or Shut Up!] by Dr. Don Boys</ref>
Wayne Jackson wrote at the ''Christian Courier'' regarding Victor J. Stenger's hypothesis that the universe came from nothing:
{{Cquote|First, in defiance of one of the most elementary principles of logic, the atheist suggests that “something” (e.g., the Universe) came from “nothing;” that zero plus zero equals something greater than zero.
Victor Stenger, an atheistic professor at the University of Hawaii, admits that “everyday experience and common sense” supports the concept that something cannot come from nothing. Nevertheless, he suggests that “common sense is often wrong, and our normal experiences are but a tiny fraction of reality” (26-27). If you want to be an atheist, you must put your “common sense” on the shelf!<ref>[https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/687-folly-of-atheism-the The Folly of Atheism] by Wayne Jackson</ref>}}
== Theistic implications of the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics ==