If God Can Exist Without A Creator, We Can Also Exist Without A Creator
The idea that “everything needs a creator” is actually a misunderstanding of what philosophy and Islamic theology claim. The correct principle is that everything which begins to exist, changes, or is dependent requires a cause. God is not described as one more thing within the universe that happens to exist; rather, God is understood as a necessary being—one whose existence is not borrowed, caused, or contingent on anything else. If God required a creator, then He would be dependent, and whatever created Him would be the true God. This is not a special exemption but a logical endpoint: causation cannot regress infinitely without ever explaining why anything exists at all. The universe, on the other hand, clearly shows signs of contingency. It began to exist, it changes, and it could have been different. Because of this, it cannot explain itself. Saying “the universe just exists” assigns to it the role of a necessary being, but without the properties that necessity requires. Infinite regress does not solve the problem either, because an endless chain of dependent causes never provides a foundation—like an infinite line of falling dominos without a first push. Removing God from the equation doesn’t eliminate the question of existence; it simply relocates it to the universe, which is even less capable of carrying it. Ultimately, God is not an object that needs an explanation in the same way created things do; God is the explanation for why anything exists at all.