[extropy-chat] Bad idea, was Transhumanism as Religion

[Robert Bradbury]

On 2/20/06, Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com> wrote:

> Once a "god" (which god?) is introduced into the equation, all logic heads
> for the back door.


As I've explained offlist to others the problem is in the definition of
"god".  You can clearly have "gods" with powers greater than yours or an
understanding of the world deeper than yours, etc.  The problem arises when
one involves "God" with a capital G where the definition tends to involve
lots of words beginning with omni- and some of those come into direct
conflict with reality as it is currently understood.  (Mind you the
"current" deep understanding of that reality is extremely problematic IMO).

Robert
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