I'd take it further and argue that there is no discernible difference between a transcendent incorporeal entity, and that entity which exists only in the minds of those who believe in said entity.
God could be simply a model by which adherents have interpreted the observable phenomena of the observable universe and that mechanism to which they attribute previously inexplicable phenomena.
The trouble arises when you rely entirely on what a bunch of primitive goat-herders came up with during a "hey, man, what if:" session, and attempt to overlay literal truths about the intent of said entity onto human history.
Really, the earth is only 6,000 years old? That's all your omnipotent deity has got?
God could be simply a model by which adherents have interpreted the observable phenomena of the observable universe and that mechanism to which they attribute previously inexplicable phenomena.
The trouble arises when you rely entirely on what a bunch of primitive goat-herders came up with during a "hey, man, what if:" session, and attempt to overlay literal truths about the intent of said entity onto human history.
Really, the earth is only 6,000 years old? That's all your omnipotent deity has got?
