(November 24, 2008 at 12:45 pm)Daystar Wrote: Okay, but a god doesn't have to be a real person. It can be a real person, but it can also be a wood carving or mythological figure. For example. Zeus wasn't a real person he was a myth, but he was a god to many people. Not you, but a god none the less. To say Zeus wasn't a god is not true. To say he didn't actually exists other than as a myth doesn't make him not a real god. So to say there is no such thing as Zeus the god isn't correct.You seem to be getting stuck on the language rather than the meaning.
The dictionary definition of "god" does say "any deified person or object", however, the definition of "deify" says:-
1. to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
2. to adore or regard as a deity: to deify wealth.
And I can positively say I do not deify anyone or anything.
(November 24, 2008 at 12:45 pm)Daystar Wrote: By the way, in the Bible there are two gods of luck. One for good and one for bad. In the Bible there was a ship with a god of each which was common for that period. Do you believe in luck?No, I don't. I know that sometimes things work out more favourably for me but there is no "belief" involved, stuff just happens, sometimes for the better, sometimes not so good.
(November 24, 2008 at 12:45 pm)Daystar Wrote: Well the Bible doesn't indicate there isn't life on other planets so I couldn't say for sure. It is interesting that life on other planets is always perceived as being superior to our own. They are always far more advanced than we are.I don't perceive it as more "advanced" than us.
It may be, it may not be. All I "perceive" it as being is suitable for its environment.
Certainly in science fiction it quite often is very advanced (but not always) but that's due to narritive constraints. I'm not sure I'd want to read a whole book about some bacteria-like layer on rocks on a different planet!
