marrs @marrs@librem.one

@flyhigh @godpod Blasphemy is something that is contemptuous of God. I was using the word to describe the absurdity of your claim that either Jews. Christians, or Moslems would consider themselves to be godlike. The position you describe is completely antithetical to their beliefs

@flyhigh @godpod What is "god"? Are you referring to the Abrahamic god or some other god? Genuine question because I'm quite confused by your claims. It's as though we're talking about fundamentally different things.

The Abrahamic god, aka God with a capital G, is superordinate over all things. There is no "becoming God" in these faiths. It is not possible. In fact it is blasphemous to suppose it is. I simply cannot imagine how you've come to the opposite conclusion.

@flyhigh @godpod It's a shame you didn't answer my questions because it would help me understand why you reject the definition I've given you.

In any case, your conclusions are completely backwards. The idea of an objective god guards against ideological possession because it forbids a person from projecting his own ideology as an absolute value. In old fashioned parlance, it forbids idol worship.

As for truth being subjective, subjective truth didn't send men to the moon.

@flyhigh @godpod Something can be inferred based on the effect it has on the things around it. As I've already said, you can't "know" God exists any more than you can "know" dark matter exists. Absence of proof is not proof of absence

@flyhigh @godpod As for what the definition says about the nature of God, how would you define something that cannot be observed? We know the universe is expanding and we have enough evidence to believe that it began from a singularity. Does that mean the universe was created? Not necessarily, but if it wasn't then how do you explain the fact that the big bang is literally the reverse of entropy? If it was created, on what basis do you deny a creator?

@flyhigh @godpod of course nobody knows, otherwise nobody would "believe in" God because his existence would be a matter of fact. But you didn't ask for proof of existence, you asked for a definition of God. I gave you one: the creator of the universe.

@flyhigh @godpod The creator of the universe, surely

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