Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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3. The Awesomeness of the universe we live in. THAT is god.

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 11:45 AM

Mar 2012

Then why not just call it "the awesomeness of the universe we live in?" Why call it god?

Like the "god of the gaps". God is all the things we don't know.... the unknowable. Well, why not just call that "all the things we don't know"?

Besides, that's not what a god is, and you know it. A god is usually some entity that is basically a human with superpowers. A god does human things, like talk to people, make desicions, judges people and things... things the universe does not do.

It's like trying to make an obsolete concept relevant, all this redefining.

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If I had to define "god", this would be it... [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

A good start Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #1

Smacks of chauvinism... immoderate Mar 2012 #2

Yeah, but then you'd get fried by stellar radiation or a quasar Taverner Mar 2012 #13

Have you never heard of "appropriate precautions?" immoderate Mar 2012 #14

Always check for the goatee Taverner Mar 2012 #15

Those are definitely the darkest timelines. Rob H. Mar 2012 #17

The Awesomeness of the universe we live in. THAT is god. AlbertCat Mar 2012 #3

Sorry, I was not trying to redefine anything. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #4

That's why I said in my OP that if I had to define god, that is what it is. AlbertCat Mar 2012 #9

Well, that is what I define most other peoples' verson as... cleanhippie Mar 2012 #10

The universe is not awesome. Your reaction to the universe is "awesome." ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #5

Good point. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #6

A false-color astroimage with tons of diffraction spikes? laconicsax Mar 2012 #7

Oh now, come on. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #11

I'm sorry, it's just that anything I'd define as "God" won't have diffraction spikes. laconicsax Mar 2012 #12

Defination of GOD Mumble Mar 2012 #8

This is why I love this forum! deucemagnet Mar 2012 #16