On Godliness

[Charlie Bell]

On 25/02/2008, at 10:14 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> And to those of you that are atheist; would you consider the  
> possibility
> that there may be entities in the universe, evolved from lower life  
> forms
> that could for all intents and purposes be considered gods?

Of course I consider the possibility. In fact, given the size of the  
universe, I'd be surprised if there weren't some sort of  
transcendental or sublimed beings of mind or something.

But that's a fair cry from saying that there's a being above and  
outside the universe that created the universe and meddles with our  
existence in a personal yet undetectable way, or indeed that any of  
Terra's religions are in anyway connected to such a being (whether  
supernatural or just really old).

Just 'cause one can imagine something, it doesn't mean it's actually  
true, or indeed mean it isn't. There's a little thing called data. If  
we get some that shows that there may actually be transcendental races  
of "Old Ones" or whatever, then fantastic. Until then, it's fantasy,  
sci-fi, or wishful thinking.

Charlie.