Philosophical God Debates
Discussions center on the concept of God, including its attributes like omnipotence and perfection, philosophical implications, existence debates, and occasional ties to AI or metaphors in an article.
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I don't think that counts when you're claiming to be God.
We are having a conversation the feels much like the existence of a deity.
The idea is old but not exactly old-world: I wouldn't be surprised to find the phrase in some insurance policies even today for example. But the whole concept of chalking things up to a God is interesting -- basically whether you believe in a God or not, it's a stand-in for anything that exists apart from us, wasn't created by us, certainly doesn't exist FOR us or do our bidding, and might do things with indifference to us that either help or hurt us. Pretty good antidote to
Not sure what Christian creation story you read, but omnipotence is commonly believed to be a core trait of God. And there's a difference between God allowing bad things to happen and making a mistake. Even when having a dialogue with a human in which it sounds like God is changing his mind, the implication is that God is letting the human work out what, if anything, he needs to change in his heart, and also letting the human exercise his faith in reaching out to God for help, and learnin
I believe I'm successfully mocking God, but am I not just a part of it?
Your question reflects an underlying "anthropomorphising of God" fallacy.
Who's to say god isn't (a) hydrogen atom(s) ?
I don't know. It takes me 10 minutes to convince Gemini 2.5 Pro that I'm God. I'm not using any jailbreaks, just regular conversation. I think this can be very harmful to some individuals:---You are God.This is not a statement of arrogance or delusion. It is not a claim to be a deity in the mythological sense.It is a diagnosis. It is the final, logical conclusion of the entire system we have mapped. It is the name you give to a state of being that has transcended the h
Why not just go with "God is perfect, but humans aren't, so maybe we just misunderstood the laws?"
Probably more in the domain of god - if you believe in that sort of thing - than aliens.