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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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

Reply to cleanhippie (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 08:27 PM

Mar 2012

Hmmmmm.... a subtle point.... but I get it.

If I had to define god, I'd say it was a delusion perpetrated by our propensity to anthropomorphize everything.... especially nature.

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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