(July 10, 2012 at 6:23 pm)whateverist Wrote: That has always been one of things about which I've been most skeptical. Why ultimate anything?
Do you mean why believe in an ultimate being? Or do you mean why is the ultimate being ultimate?
Quote:We grow up hearing omni this and omni that and trying to make sense of it. In your case, it seems to have gotten lodged into the very concept of godliness. Would camel herds really have needed a god of ultimate powers to be well and truly impressed? Hell we could probably have made a bigger impression with a movie full of special effects.
If we even suppose there is anything with a few tricks we have out there deserving of the god monicker, would it really have to be absolutely omni-everything? If so, why?
Well, as I said, I don't have a problem with possibilities of others gods, I even think it is highly likely there exists beings worthy of worship, but they would have to be created and earn that rank, and would no where come close to that of the necessary being in which they derive their value from.