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is God a subset of god?
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RE: is God a subset of god?
To me, the likelihood of any one "god" depends entirely on how it's defined. The Christian Gaud, for instance, is inherently paradoxical because he can't possibly have the qualities he's described with and still create this universe and behave the way he allegedly does toward humans. In terms of Gaud, I am a gnostic atheist.

Going beyond that, you have the problem of defining exactly what a "god" is, what it would have to do to qualify as one, and what qualities it would have. To me, the very idea of a "god" is a human construction that has no correlation with non-fictional reality. Even if we somehow find something in the natural universe that humans decide to call "god," I believe it will likely have to redefine the term entirely, since part of the definition of gods as I understand them is that they pretty much have to exist outside of natural processes. If we find something that earns the name "god" but is a part of the natural processes of the Universe, I would still not consider that thing a "god" in the traditional sense. By their very definition, the gods have to exist outside what we know as reality.

Anyway, what I'm getting down to is that I pretty much consider myself a gnostic atheist because I think all evidence points to the fact of god being an abstract, human concept that could not possibly "exist" outside human minds and the ways in which we record them. Trying to prove god exists is like trying to prove that particles with mass can travel faster than light speed. Until evidence to the contrary surfaces, I'm confident in the assertion the laws of reality say no to god just as they say no to backward time travel.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)

Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
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is God a subset of god? - by ignoramus - July 27, 2015 at 11:22 pm
RE: is God a subset of god? - by AFTT47 - July 28, 2015 at 12:20 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by robvalue - July 28, 2015 at 2:01 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by ignoramus - July 28, 2015 at 2:07 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by robvalue - July 28, 2015 at 2:17 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Brian37 - July 28, 2015 at 2:56 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by ignoramus - July 28, 2015 at 3:35 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Longhorn - July 28, 2015 at 3:43 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by ignoramus - July 28, 2015 at 3:54 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Brian37 - July 28, 2015 at 3:56 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Napoléon - July 28, 2015 at 5:40 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by ignoramus - July 28, 2015 at 7:12 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by AFTT47 - July 28, 2015 at 10:09 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Pyrrho - July 28, 2015 at 9:29 am
RE: is God a subset of god? - by Redbeard The Pink - July 28, 2015 at 11:20 am



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