You know, Chad, I agree with you.
Except on the detail where it seems plausible to use god as a hypothesis.
As you say, it's no guarantee of the final interpretation, but, as we may find on numerous locations of this forum alone, it can be twisted to fit anything. And so it becomes almost guaranteed that if you start with a god, you end with the same god, or one even more powerful.
I am aware that that's how it looks from the believer's POV, but what the people around here are trying to convey is that that POV is skewed by limitless possibilities of magic.... too skewed to be trustworthy... too skewed for logic and reason to arrive at a correct conclusion.
Except on the detail where it seems plausible to use god as a hypothesis.
As you say, it's no guarantee of the final interpretation, but, as we may find on numerous locations of this forum alone, it can be twisted to fit anything. And so it becomes almost guaranteed that if you start with a god, you end with the same god, or one even more powerful.
I am aware that that's how it looks from the believer's POV, but what the people around here are trying to convey is that that POV is skewed by limitless possibilities of magic.... too skewed to be trustworthy... too skewed for logic and reason to arrive at a correct conclusion.
