I'm happy to call myself an agnostic atheist, but apatheist and ignostic fit as well. I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about gods. When I do think about gods, I never think about them as separate entities. If they are defined as existing outside of time and creating the universe, space and time .. then that just strikes me as silly. Such a notion doesn't deserve a serious response.
The only sense I can make of gods is as portions of consciousness on-board human brains. I'm hugely impressed with our brains, consciousness and personal identity. I'm in awe of that stuff so obviously that must be where the gods are hanging out. I think the self we are aware of is but a portion of what goes on inside us. You might even say they make our ordinary selves possible.
But most people who want to talk about gods aren't interested in on-board gods. Neither do they want to consider advanced alien races. Only the absurdly literal 'god' that exists no where and everywhere will do for most. Too bad really.
The only sense I can make of gods is as portions of consciousness on-board human brains. I'm hugely impressed with our brains, consciousness and personal identity. I'm in awe of that stuff so obviously that must be where the gods are hanging out. I think the self we are aware of is but a portion of what goes on inside us. You might even say they make our ordinary selves possible.
But most people who want to talk about gods aren't interested in on-board gods. Neither do they want to consider advanced alien races. Only the absurdly literal 'god' that exists no where and everywhere will do for most. Too bad really.
