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"But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity." [Carl Sagan]

So this God, the one who is the set of physical laws that govern the universe - the universe we are a product of - cannot satisfy the emotions, that are a result of the laws that produced the life it did?

hmm

Last edited by BigErf; 09-13-2011 at 07:00 PM. Reason: Maybe I should have asked Carl?

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09-14-2011 , 10:38 AM

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gskowal

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Originally Posted by BigErf

It's a different set of emotions he is talking about. This type of God does not satisfy your want for afterlife, a father figure who is watching and listening out to our prayers, etc. When it comes to these sets of emotions this God is "emotionally unsatisfying". Christians , Muslims, Jews, they don't believe in that type of God, they believe because the belief in a GOD who is their father , who cares for them , etc satisfies their emotions, I'm pretty sure that for them a God who is simply physical laws would not be "emotionally unsatisfying".

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09-14-2011 , 11:31 AM

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Hardball47

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Originally Posted by twofingerted

I've thought about this alot actually. I think what OP is saying is the possibilty that "God" is real but humanity has screwed up religion by tainting it with our unholy/ungodly hands.

If that's the case, I would think that God would give humanity some chances to, you know, learn from our mistakes. That's why, I would think at least, the Abrahamic religions almost seem like iterations of the same religion throughout different time periods.

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09-14-2011 , 04:55 PM

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BigErf

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Originally Posted by gskowal

I think I understand that, it's just that I don't understand how it's not recognized that we transcended the universe if this is the case. From the universe comes a species that can comprehend the universe, while the universe has no comprehension of that species. Is that plausible? It's one of those does the Earth exist because of our imaginations or do our imaginations exist because of the Earth? type questions.

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09-15-2011 , 07:44 AM

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tame_deuces

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Originally Posted by BigErf

that even if religion is false it could still be true that it was inspired by God?

No, I think this concept is completely unknown to anyone who writes here in RGT. Next thing will be that someone claims all religious beliefs (or atleast some of them) point in the same direction because they are similar....which I think will require national media to be alerted.

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