combinations (possible blasphemy warning)

[sheramil]

Comments

[acelightning]

i think you've just summed up the Deist, or "clockmaker god", point of view, complete with "intelligent design" ;-)

if they knew half the real truth

[sixsidederelict]

I like the idea of God eating corpses to gain intrinsics. God is said to be omniscient. However, I usually take this to be an exaggeration, such that God is very knowledgable but does not know all. Many of his statistics are said to be of infinite levels, however one can find a human definition of his power. That is, God is said to be King of Kings (by a few identity transformations). I believe this is analogous to the power of an emperor in certain historical communities.

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And know that Juiblex is the will of God.

Re: if they knew half the real truth

[sixsidederelict]

the reason I think God being omniscient is an exaggeration is because a) I believe there is an infinite amount of knowledge. b) I don't believe someone who knew everything would communicate to people in the way that God did. For b, take someone who is "omniscient." That means that that person can throw a cubic die and know which face will come up. The calculations required in this process are immense, and any changes in the throw are reflected in these calculations. The sheer immensity of this prediction indicates an intelligence 1000+ years ahead of anything today, if it is capable of 100% correct prediction, every time, no matter how the person throws it. Now, if God is able to do all this without calculators, just in his mind as he observes the roll, it indicates enormously sophisticated thought processes. I don't see this evolutionary superbeing rolling along in an ark calling out to the enemy the grievousness of their assault on the Israelites. Why not just tell the Israelites how to make a military laser to attach to the front?