(November 5, 2012 at 10:37 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:First, capacity to judge does not imply capacity to overrule or circumvent. If it did, we wouldn't be having this discussion, as the peoples judged by god would have overruled or circumvented his judgment.(November 5, 2012 at 10:30 am)John V Wrote: It might. So what?
So then if they'd have the capacity, they also have the capacity to overrule your decisions or circumvent them, call it bullshit and not follow your 'laws' anymore.
Second, they're not following my laws in the first place, or I wouldn't have destroyed them.
Quote:Say God existed and was merely a more powerful and misunderstood being. Humanity is reaching the point where we're becoming much more cognizant of each other and our place in the universe. If the being existed and committed those atrocities and we found out about it, I almost pity the being.Uh, OK, if people ever become as powerful as god, things will be different. That's a pretty useless observation for this discussion.