> Ben Goren <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> prabbit1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> I.e. you can't prove the non-existence of a logically-possible
>>> entity.
>>
>> Except that, in this particular instance, the entity in
>> question isn't even logically possible.
>
> Well, it depends on what 'is' is. Oops, slipped into 'Billy'
> mode for a second there. It depends on how you define a
> 'god.' The tri-omni god is logically impossible, I agree. But a
> 'extreemely strong, IQ of 1,000,000,000,000 god' might be
> possible.
Well, I'd even go so far as to suggest that we have no reason to
suppose it's /not/ possible.
But nobody's seriously proposing any such gods. Further, from a
religious standpoint...well, such a god would be of no more
ultimate significance than David Copperfield playing tin god to
a back-bush tribe. And religion, having tasted the fruits of
ultimate significance, can never go back.
Besides, there's no evidence that any such hyperintelligent shades
of blue exist--let alone that there're any in our neighborhood or
that they'd even notice us if they do exist.
Cheers,
b&
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