(June 26, 2013 at 4:56 am)pocaracas Wrote: How do you define "god"?
What are the minimum requirements for an entity to be called a god?
Immortality?
Omniscience?
Omni-something?
PS: this has probably been done to death in these forums, but I didn't notice it in the past year that I've been around... and the search function didn't yield anything... so let's reboot it!
1. Conscious (IMHO, "the universe" isn't God; atheism and sci-pantheism seem like a distinction without a difference)
2. First Cause
Not necessarily any of the traits you mention.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
