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Old 04-12-2003, 05:29 AM   #1
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Man created god/the gods to explain the natural phenomena surrounding him. Does this make the gods any less "real" as a result?
Furthermore, once the phenomena they were invoked to explain is explained naturalistically, does that god die?
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Man created god/the gods to explain the natural phenomena surrounding him. Does this make the gods any less "real" as a result?
Less real than what? Other things in man's imagination?
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Furthermore, once the phenomena they were invoked to explain is explained naturalistically, does that god die?
Can something that was never alive "die"?

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Man created god/the gods to explain the natural phenomena surrounding him. Does this make the gods any less "real" as a result?
Furthermore, once the phenomena they were invoked to explain is explained naturalistically, does that god die?
Yes, and yes. There is only one great mystery remaining (so to speak), and that is the question of afterlife. There is only one god reamaining - the god of the afterlife.

So scientific investigation into the nature of life and mind, can be seen as a direct attack on the remaining god. Is it any wonder theists may feel threatened?

Just a simple-minded view of a complex subject.
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It amounts to little more than pissing into the wind, but I had been wondering if the man-made god constructs could achieve some degree of autonomy from us, post-creation, as it were.
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There is only one god reamaining - the god of the afterlife.
I think that's the one you believe in to help you make altruistic sacrifices - thereby bringing benefits to the group. Suicide bombers take note - you've been conned.

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I think that's the one you believe in to help you make altruistic sacrifices - thereby bringing benefits to the group. Suicide bombers take note - you've been conned.

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Yes, but life is overrated anyway.
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