(October 3, 2024 at 11:24 am)Lord Andreasson Wrote: Are you a theist or an atheist?
I guess what you are asking is whether a person can create a universe, planets, lifeforms. You are calling that person or alien a “god”.
I don’t think that anyone can create reality. A god can’t create himself and can’t create the universe in which he exists.
Stuff always existed. It can only change form.
A lot of theists (christians, muslims) tell me that atheists believe that stuff came into existence. I think that they haven’t spoken to any atheists.
They really need to get out of their little bubble. Talk to people. Get to know them.
Can a god exist forever. Can he have an infinite existence into the past?
I don’t think so. A universe can change form. It can crush itself and maybe turn everything into energy. Any machine, any complex object in that universe would get transformed into its brainless components.
^^^^^I am basing that stuff on the few things that modern science has discovered and throwing in some of my guesses.
About all these ancient religions like judaism: I think they come from cavemen times. Any animal that reaches a certain level of intelligence will start to develop the big questions. No doubt, they will invent gods and the concept of an eternal soul. Each culture will develop their own rituals, their own gods and their own characteristics.
