tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post6657390278730950645..comments2014-05-19T03:17:51.109-07:00Comments on P. Static has got Opinions: What I think of religionP. Statichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16409502147044122316noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-56445490032060124022008-12-22T23:24:00.000-08:002008-12-22T23:24:00.000-08:00According to Christianity, I believe God cares abo...According to Christianity, I believe God cares about us because we have souls. They're a little vague on what a soul is though besides our spiritual selves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-61951475515258233902008-12-20T16:41:00.000-08:002008-12-20T16:41:00.000-08:00Well, sure, but the point of religion is that he's...Well, sure, but the point of religion is that he's omniscient too. XDKiriskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04907500581226824724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-25940740998985365352008-12-20T11:22:00.000-08:002008-12-20T11:22:00.000-08:00Kiriska, David: I'll admit my anthropic error ...Kiriska, David: I'll admit my anthropic error if you admit yours. >_> <_<<BR/><BR/>Specifically, I've assumed that God doesn't have infinite parallel thought processes, or whatever else would let him care about every individual on this one planet. There's really no reason to assume this, so my bad.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you're implicitly thinking on a human scale. Why would God care more about us than, say, our constituent cells? Or, to go in the other direction, planets? Or, to go laterally, animals? Because we've killed a hell of a lot of animals. <BR/><BR/>You could easily say to the above that God cares about everything, on every scale, equally. But then, here's the problem: The point of God doing us little favors is that God is acting preferentially toward us. If you want to say that God cares about every possible thing equally, and only listens to prayers when it doesn't hurt anything else in the universe, then you're talking about a religion that's vastly different from anything I've heard of. XDP. Statichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409502147044122316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-74028063019574864392008-12-20T10:56:00.000-08:002008-12-20T10:56:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-62987588088431852002008-12-19T20:49:00.000-08:002008-12-19T20:49:00.000-08:00Maybe the divine being is like a processor of infi...Maybe the divine being is like a processor of infinite power! As long as we can't comprehend infinity, why not? Think of the number of threads you could have.<BR/><BR/>If my classes have taught me anything, it's doubt of the divine all the way from the field of biology. It's strange to me to think that there are so many health professionals that can get through this material without any doubt. Maybe my perception of things is just skewed by the current data I have, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-63113382566977707242008-12-19T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-19T08:53:00.000-08:00Yeah, I've thought the same thing. But religion te...Yeah, I've thought the same thing. But religion tends toward the improbable...the idea is that God is omnipresent, no? Omni- doesn't mean a few quadrillion, it means everything. And yeah, we really can't comprehend numbers that big. Just look at all the bailouts being thrown around Congress: a trillion here, a trillion there. <BR/><BR/>It's interesting to think that until the last few centuries, all God had to do was make sure to pay attention to everyone on Earth, or so people thought. (And of course, he would ignore those smelly foreigners.) Now the scale is vastly expanded. <BR/><BR/>Also, I made myself a blog, and y'all who read this get to see it first. :) It's frankchurch.blogspot.com.Frank Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10871324987973123365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096372392197819712.post-91290188003738861552008-12-18T23:36:00.000-08:002008-12-18T23:36:00.000-08:00Well, you could also consider that such a creator ...Well, you could also consider that such a creator is capable of multiple parallel thought processes and simultaneous actions, in which case it would be possible for him to examine the lives of any number of creations without any trouble or effort. I want to say that it's implausible, but it isn't really. At least, not any more or less implausible than the entire concept to begin with.Kiriskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04907500581226824724noreply@blogger.com