Not "Myself"
If I had created myself, I would have made myself perfect. Also I'm a finite being.
Not "I always having existed"
This does not solve the problem. If I am a dependent being, I need to be continually sustained by another.
Not "My Parents"
This leads to an infinite regress from generation to generation and they are also dependent being.
Not "Something less than a God"
The idea of perfection that exists in me cannot have originated from a non-perfect being.
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