RE: There is no god!
July 23, 2015 at 6:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2015 at 6:29 pm by IATIA.)
(July 23, 2015 at 2:02 am)bennyboy Wrote: What IS physical reality, actually? It is the relationship among properties of things, and those properties are related in consistent and reliable ways. In fact, as far as we know, we don't even need the things-- because we only interface with physical reality through properties. So the universe is a kind of arena in which a set of principles and properties interact through time.
If I were a god with a lot of free time on my hands, then that's just the kind of thing I'd do.
(my bold)
That is only because you are thinking like a human and not a god.
As to what reality really is, I have no better idea than any other. It could be 'real' or it could just simply seem 'real'. The point, however, is that this 'reality' would be beneath any god and certainly superfluous at best.
A god would have knowledge beyond anything I could even imagine, let alone comprehend. The knowledge of a god would make the comprehension of infinity simple child's play. Why would it be necessary to create these physical attributes of our present existence when a god could do so much more. Even if, as you say, this god just wanted to create some toys to fuck with, would not a real god be able to do this on a scale beyond our present comprehension?
This reality that we perceive is so beneath the powers of a god that I cannot imagine one that would even bother.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
