So what was god doing before he decided to create the earth and the universe???

if science and religion can be summed up then i would say that god was still evolving... because god would have been the very first instance of evolution and from god everything else evolved. But, its just me with my wild imagination. Food for though!!!

Great question. I have assumed that God was always creating even before the account in Genesis. In the first chapter of Genesis the Bible says that the earth was without form and void (English translation, King James Version?). I had always assumed that the earth was created a lot earlier than the creation account and that it probably was in good shape when first created but then became without form and void. Maybe it was created earlier and God decided to wait until He thought it was ripe for decorating. I have looked at the creation as a remodeling job on the earth or a continuation of a long-term project with some caretakers (mankind?) thrown in just to keep it up and for other reasons like a working relationship between the remodeler/creator (God) and the caretakers (mankind). The scripture also does talk about a beautiful angel that God created named Lucifer (Satan) that fell. We find Satan on earth in the Genesis account. He seems to be in a fallen state in this account so I assume that angels, heavenly beings, etc. were created prior to the account of the earth and mankind being created. I have wondered if dinosaurs were on God's drawing board at one time. I also have pictured in my small human mind that maybe God had all the animals, plants, planets, universe on His drawing board at one point in time. In Genesis, He spoke everything into existence (another fascinating subject in itself). Was this the last part of the story of much planning and thinking before getting to this point. Just wondering!

maybe he was waiting for perfect time to release his€ masterpiece(maybe). but if u ask me the question to be ans€wered according to my religion then the answer will be like this€..... According to our Scriptures, two states exist, the ‘avyaktha’ (the un-mainfest state) and the ‘vyaktha’ (the manifest state). Thus, the universe existed almost always for a long time, even while its existence is not unlimited, in either of the two states. When we see the universe, it is in its manifest (‘vyaktha’)form while when universe is not seen it is in its un-manifest (‘avyaktha’) form. The creator’s, Brahma’s, life span of one hundred Brahma years (about 311.04 trillion human years) consists of months and days, with each day time of Brahma equal to 4.32 billion human years and equal night time of another 4.32 years. At the end of each day of Brahma, known as a ‘kalp’, Brahma’s night time begins which is known as ‘kalp-pralaya’ because the whole universe is deluged with water. All things that existed in the universe at the end of the previous day-time will all merge in Brahma during Brahma’s night-time and thus be in the ‘avyaktha’ or unmanifest state. At the beginning of the next Brahma day, the universe with all its contents will be restored exactly in an ‘as is’ condition by Brahma. Viewed in this context, the origins of the universe and creation, as hypothesized by science and our scriptures vary widely. At the end of Brahma’s life-span of 100 Brahma years, there is total darkness and the deluge of water fills everything and the first Brahma will be created by Lord Vishnu (one who has spread everywhere), the Para Brahman (one who grows unlimited everywhere). During the time of ‘MahaPralaya’, when everything including this whole world is under water, Lord Vishnu (the ParaBrahman) was lying on his serpent Anantha on the surface of water. From His navel, came a lotus stem and flower from which was created Brahma from His own part. When Brahma opened his eyes, he saw only water all over (looked in the four directions with his four heads and eight eyes). Later on, he saw Lord Vishnu who taught, and advised, him to start creation. it is about origin creation too there is a puranic view :)

Hmm... it depends on what is the core profession of God is. If he was a software engineer then before creating he would have been writing the requirement specs, then he would be putting together a project plan and then the design specs and after that he would be creating the earth and the universe. That would take a lot of time given the size of the project earth!! Cheers! Ram

He/she/it was rhinking how to get rid of arrogant people.

No need to go before the creation of the world, where was god during the ice and dinosaur era?