Should we worship them? And when we are visited by advanced ET? — Down The Rabbit Hole
@Down The Rabbit Holethe Great Filter — pfirefry
A good question. Makes us rethink what worship actually is and what purpose it serves? Clearly, since there's a difference between an absolute God and a relative God, worship may need to be recalibrated accordingly, from fanatical devotion to a more measured form. — Agent Smith
The Queen of England is treated as a demigod - riches, rituals, songs, and even the final say on whether bills become law. Surely advanced humans or ET could be worshiped in at least the same way. — Down The Rabbit Hole
What is worship? — Agent Smith
To honour or show reverence for (usually god/s).
Support for the Queen is consistently above 80%. Much more than the percentage of us Brits that believe in let alone worship god/s. — Down The Rabbit Hole
[Not the OOO God (absolute deity), but the ooo god (relative deity)] — Agent Smith
The statistics are intriguing.
I don't think God/gods should be worshipped. They should be treated with respect though. — Agent Smith
I can't see much difference between OOOGod and Ooogod. Except between OOG and oog. What's the difference between OG and og? — Cornwell1
Sit down my dear fellow and describe these peculiar circumstances. — Sherlock Holmes
We can, faithfully to both science, as seems to be imperative in modern society, and God, say with 100% certainty that there is a god or even more (the latter seems to be the actual case). They are absolutely there. How else can it be? Where did our universe or the laws governing it come from? — Cornwell1
This is just a naked/textbook argument from ignorance. From the fact that we do not presently have a non-theistic explanation for some X, it does not follow that it therefore has a theistic explanation. — Seppo
What else than gods can be the answer? How can such ingenious structure exist by itself? — Cornwell1
The point is, from the fact that we currently lack an answer, it doesn't follow that there is no such answer. For the theistic explanation to follow, the very possibility of a non-theistic alternative must be ruled out (not merely presently lacking). — Seppo
explanations account for unknowns in terms of knowns, they do not merely substitute one unknown for another unknown. — Seppo
The relative God exists alright! — Agent Smith
How can such ingenious structure exist by itself? — Cornwell1
The relative God exists alright!
— Agent Smith
The best among us is but human, although I would agree that Tom Brady is a God.
To equate the far end of a normal curve to a celestial being is beyond philosophy IMHO and a fantasy. — jgill
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