(October 27, 2014 at 9:23 pm)trmof Wrote:(October 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm)whateverist Wrote: Well at least you give me something to work with. Most people babble on about gods as if anyone really knew what they were. I do think your definition is inadequate to differentiate gods from advanced races of aliens. Or suppose there was a being of gigantic proportions whose scat consisted of galaxies? Would that count as a creator god by your reckoning?
Anyway I voted no to the poll. I personally am a very soft and accommodating atheist. I have as little belief in gods as anyone else but I have less settled opinions about what other people ought to believe and what they ought to base that on. That goes for hard atheists as well as hard theists. I don't see where I'm in any position to say either of them is whack. My choice is to take people as they come .. you're all so fascinating.
Yes, both of those things would qualify as gods in my book. The scat monster might still fall under the heading of a lower-case god. If it scatted universes, maybe, but of course that's just a matter of degree.
And what would you regard the proper stance to take toward a 'creature' that fits your description for godliness? Worship? Compliance?
Regarding the galaxy scat critter I'd say that the galaxies emerge as singularities and coalesce into the galaxies we see today over time. Now such a vast creature would probably eat even less often than a python and hence not need to scat galaxies all that often. Now for this one it could truly be said that its shit is our bread and butter .. and everything else. Still, I'm not inclined to toss its salad .. even if I were enlarged enough to make that possible.
