(January 15, 2010 at 6:48 pm)lukec Wrote: I'm confused. Wasn't this about postulating exactly what kind of god COULD exist as per scientific discoveries up to this point?
BINGO!
(apologies for the capitalilsation)
As I understand it ....
with all the "discoveries" made by science to date it would appear that the necessity for this abrahmic god concept to fullfil the needs of a superstitious species is becoming more and more superfluous. That being the case I think ZB is trying to promote speculation on just what will (if anything) replace it.
As fr0d0 has quite articluately pointed out, that the human species thrives on this abrahamic fairy tale so they can define themselves, a superstition of some description is needed. Otherwise why do we have funementalists running all over the planet issuing threats and violence to disinterested persons??
Hmmmm
To create a religion based on concrete scientific knowledge from scratch?? ...Still thinking
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
