[ExI] A science-religious experience

[BillK]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 at 16:32, Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> " This offers a solution to the problem of evil. Infinite computational gods can't destroy or change what is out there already, but they can provide continuation paths (afterlives) for those beings after they cease to exist in their universe."
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> This is the most elegant argument for deism I've ever heard.
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> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> Computational capacity provides only the power to explore and create (or rather, rediscover what already is in the infinite reality). Computational capacity doesn't enable one to destroy other universes which already are.
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>> This offers a solution to the problem of evil. Infinite computational gods can't destroy or change what is out there already, but they can provide continuation paths (afterlives) for those beings after they cease to exist in their universe.
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>> Jason
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Yes, but it's a pity that Gods don't exist.
It’s a divine evasion for the gods. ‘Don’t hold us accountable for
engineering suffering in the first place! We’ll compensate by granting
you paradise once you’re dead.’ What a generous bargain!

BillK