RE: Anyone here a Category 7?
September 22, 2018 at 8:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2018 at 8:16 am by Alan V.)
(September 22, 2018 at 2:13 am)skyking Wrote: In terms of the gods us humans have tried to define, a solid 7.
About knowing all there is to know in the universe? Yeah I'll pass on that. Somewhere, out there, there could be an entity so beyond our understanding that it could be godlike. It doesn't matter to me.
Category 7: "I know for sure there is no God."
The question of godlike beings really doesn't fall under this category, since "God" is capitalized. I would assume this only refers to the various spiritual rather than material-like God-concepts, to the theistic, deistic, and pantheistic God-concepts specifically. Although I would assign different levels of improbability to each of the three, I am still confident they all have critical failings. The theistic God-concept contradicts well-established scientific observations. The deistic God-concept may as well not even possess the attributes of consciousness and willfulness, which are necessary for any god. And the pantheistic God-concept can't explain why, if we all form a unity, we are all nevertheless separate and competing beings.
However, since the improbabilities of each of these three God-concepts is high, I am comfortable saying I know they can't exist.
