So, you are now going for a god 'in our image' that has distinguishable parts?
An anthropomorphised god, not a nebulous god entity?
Why are humans so anthropocentric in their musings about the universe's origins?
The anthropic principle indeed! — universeness
Which is? — universeness
What's the first thing that came to mind when you read the OP? — Agent Smith
I were a god I would not make a creation in the first place. — Tom Storm
Did you not suggest earlier that these options (death or non-existence) were not available to the god described in your OP. I don't see where antinatalism would come in. — universeness
A narcissistic god seems so ridiculous.
2m — universeness
Good, I prefer god posited as a concentration of fundamentals, it gets us a step closer to the concept of a singularity or perhaps even a mindless spark with no intent that has no current existence. Could even play the role of the beginning of that which is now perhaps an eternal conformal cyclical cosmology as suggested by Roger Penrose. We could also use it as the spark of the multiverse etc. All good fun to muse over as is the OP. Good fun.To imagine God as human is absurd but to imagine human as a product of some elegant, extremely powerful and diversely potential universal principle, well that's a bit more palatable — Benj96
A narcissistic god seems so ridiculous.
2m
— universeness
Doesn't narcissism require other selves? If a God was to exist as the entirety of everthing, to whom would it be being narcisstic for? As everything is self. — Benj96
Why would you do any of that? — universeness
Yep, you got it! That's why a god would not create us because it would be an admission of its own narcissism — universeness
hat's why a god would not create us because it would be an admission of its own narcissism. — universeness
It depends on the "it" you're referring to. Antinatalism and suicide pertains to "it" as a human (part of the total "it" - perhaps the part with the capacity to be most aware of itself). "IT" (capitalised) as the entire universe, well, suicide and antinatalism is irrelevant to such an existent as it supposedly can never not be "IT" — Benj96
This is your god posit Ben, you are the dictator of what IT IS. Does the god you posit have a body and a mind and other component parts or is it a concentration/undefined combinatorial of fundamentals? — universeness
Your area being all things right? As all things are by default a part of your godly self. — Benj96
If you enforce them what is to be said if free will? — Benj96
Would they not all be slaves to your every command, unable to choose anything other than what is morally prudent by your means? — Benj96
Do you think humanity would be inspired by your great works or left feeling controlled and manipulated towards what is best? — Benj96
If I'm god, you don't get to set my parameters or my default. I am that I am and that's all that Iyam — Vera Mont
Whatever they want to say about it. They always jabber about stuff they don't understand; it's harmless, keeps their mouths occupied when not eating. — Vera Mont
That's the only command I gave them. They're already subject to physics, chemistry and biology - that doesn't leave a whole lot of room for free will. What they've had, they've most abused. — Vera Mont
Ask me again in 1500 years. — Vera Mont
To make up for the last god. Having experienced mortality in my own permeable skin, rather than through an intermediary, like the last guy, I have learned sympathy as well as antipathy for the mortals. — Vera Mont
If God is a narcisstic I don't really care because they would have made me, food, sex, entertainment, knowledge and love exist so I ain't complaining lol. All good things worth a compliment or two. — Benj96
To whom is a creator-god answerable? From whom would such an entity fear derision? — Vera Mont
We are a system with specific characteristics and defining features within a much larger system built of basic building blocks which underlie both itself and US as a fraction in and of itself. — Benj96
To its creation and from it's creation or else it's creation has no value to its creator and this would make the creator an idiot under any human rational judgement I can conceive of. — universeness
Ok Mr Smith, I believe ya! I know you like the cryptic path — universeness
If not an epicurean god, then I would be a god that uses 'my godly power' to do only one thing: by fiat I'd remove every anti-social pathology / aptitude from every sentient being, simultaneously, everywhere in the universe, and until 'the end of days' ... in order to make living a mortal life again significantly less of a letdown after such a brief apotheosis. :smirk:In essence, what sort of god would you define yourself as? — Benj96
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