Hello Fred-Rick, I'm interested in your ideas expressed here. Why was the partial sacrifice of God necessary for creation? Is this like the zimzum idea i wrote about earlier? Also, since most theists believe God created ex nihilo and you flatly say that is not possible, what is your basis for objecting to this? Why is it impossible for God to "conquer space" and what does it mean to conquer space? What went kaput before creation?