What do you do when you realize you are God?
What do you do when you realize you are God?
Hipster genocideWhat do you do when you realize you are God?
Hipster genocide
*flails his arms and runs as fast as he can*
Solid argument Ren. :thumbsup:God is omniscient and timeless. From these two attributes it follows that it's impossible for him to "realise" that he is God at a particular point in time.
Therefore, I could only ever realise that I am something less than God.
What I would do upon this realisation is weep about not being the real God, and vent my frustration by using my still fairly awesome powers against a legion of innocents. I'm kidding.
Solid argument Ren. :thumbsup:
Actually, you should be real happy that you're not God, as God's traditional attributes are logically inconsistent and therefore impossible. I assume you prefer existence over non-existence, yes? :lol:
Can't lift a rock that he himself madeMay I ask in what way God's traditional attributes are logically inconsistent and therefore impossible?
But then I'd just deal with it the best way I can: impose my vision of a brighter future on the world without infringeing the right of free will.
Thus, the real question would be: if you bore these values, would you even dare to change all that much? What would you be if you did change something, and then another, and another thing, just to steer your flock in the right direction? Wouldn't they fear you for your seeming limitlessness, rather than enjoying the life you gave them? Would they rebel, seeing tyranny and oppression, or would they worship you? What would happen to free will if you revealed your existence to the world?
Sorry Ren, I don't have the mental energy to write a freaking essay right now. Have been doing too much research and too much creative writing.
Death is a part of life, don't you think? Infant mortality is a form of natural selection. You forget, those are bodies which are not equipped to survive, no matter if later on they develop it, the survival instinct should be there from the start (as an instinct). If you take natural selection out of the equation, overpopulation ensues. We already see this.The first is changes that do not impact free will. How about eradicating infant mortality? This may even be seen as enabling the infant's (later) free will.
But you are still reducing free will, even if you mean well. Murder is an element of free will. What happens if nobody dies?The second is changes that reduces a person's free will so that the person does not in turn reduce the free will of others (a kind of consequentialist argument). Making murder impossible, for instance.
So you mean that we should, again, interfere with natural developments just to make people smarter? Isn't it the person's choice to decide over what they learn? Also, wouldn't you interfere with the natural course of evolution, favouring humans over other beings? Who are you to choose one species over another?The third is changes that would arguably enhance free will. I'm thinking of enhancing human beings' capacity for rational judgement.
Who are you to choose one species over another?
Very funny. As God you have made all beings and let them evolve naturally by endowing them with free will. It would be taking this certainty away to suddenly decide to change something.God, actually
The idea comes from these verses:God is omniscient and timeless. From these two attributes it follows that it's impossible for him to "realise" that he is God at a particular point in time.
Therefore, I could only ever realise that I am something less than God.
What do you do when you realize you are God?
Death is a part of life, don't you think? Infant mortality is a form of natural selection. You forget, those are bodies which are not equipped to survive, no matter if later on they develop it, the survival instinct should be there from the start (as an instinct). If you take natural selection out of the equation, overpopulation ensues. We already see this.
But you are still reducing free will, even if you mean well. Murder is an element of free will. What happens if nobody dies?
So you mean that we should, again, interfere with natural developments just to make people smarter? Isn't it the person's choice to decide over what they learn? Also, wouldn't you interfere with the natural course of evolution, favouring humans over other beings?