Why God Is Necessary For Great Imagination and Creativity

Without God imagination and creativity do not really exist.

Here’s what I mean…

Many thinkers and philosophers agree that if naturalism/materialism is true then determinism is true.  Another way of thinking of this is that if God does not exist then everything—this would be everything in the literal sense—is following the course of a completely mindless, materialistic process that is already determined and, therefore, free will does not exist.

In order for imagination and creativity to flourish genuine free thinking (an aspect of free will) must be possible.

I think this is why something like truly beautiful music connects me to God, because the imagination required to create the great music has God as its ultimate source.