Unless you're going to argue that all reality is an illusion, we know that the Universe exists because we can see it, hear it, etc. all around us. Now, how it came into existence is another story, but just because we don't know how something came to be doesn't make it in any way logical that it was created by an intelligent, human-like but extremely powerful being of some sort (which is what most people mean when they say "God.")
Gods were used as an explanation for all sorts of unknowns throughout human history, and every single one of them was revealed to be of non-diving origin. I don't see how the Universe's beginnings would be any different.
Unless you want to attach the word "God" to whatever phenomena was responsible for the beginning of the Universe, even if such phenomena has absolutely nothing in common with any of the gods in any mythology ever conceived (which is almost certainly the cast) but at that point you've pretty much stripped the term "God" of all meaning.
Yes, please give me my meaning of the term God. I've been having a hard time pinning that one down, and I would hate to think that it might be stripped sometime in the future. Especially without me being there to see it. Mmmrow.
Man, just think about it. A god could make itself infinitely hotter than the hottest stripper you've ever seen.
EDIT: OH MY UNKNOWN-VARIABLE-IN-THE-CREATION-OF-THE-UNIVERSE-REPRESENTED-BY-X-THAT-IS-DEFINITELY-NOT-GOD! How many I hate all of you and your horrible timing to post.
As for a simple definition of "god," lets just keep with that whole "root cause" idea. As for whatever other baggage happens to be typically associated with the word... once again, Agnostic. Look it up.
So basically, when you use the word "god" you mean something entirely different from pretty much every single usage of the word in the entire history of the English language? I guess from now on I should start calling my shoes "ice cream cones." Assigning arbitrary definitions to well-known words is fun!
And what's more, your definition of "god" consists entirely of unknowns, thereby making the term itself all but meaningless.
Why are you asking? X'o'Lore clearly stated that you already know what they say about people who are unlucky at cards. It should require no confirmation.
Also, I love how many topics this thread has somehow made it through in so few posts.
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Gods were used as an explanation for all sorts of unknowns throughout human history, and every single one of them was revealed to be of non-diving origin. I don't see how the Universe's beginnings would be any different.
Unless you want to attach the word "God" to whatever phenomena was responsible for the beginning of the Universe, even if such phenomena has absolutely nothing in common with any of the gods in any mythology ever conceived (which is almost certainly the cast) but at that point you've pretty much stripped the term "God" of all meaning.
EDIT: OH MY UNKNOWN-VARIABLE-IN-THE-CREATION-OF-THE-UNIVERSE-REPRESENTED-BY-X-THAT-IS-DEFINITELY-NOT-GOD! How many I hate all of you and your horrible timing to post.
As for a simple definition of "god," lets just keep with that whole "root cause" idea. As for whatever other baggage happens to be typically associated with the word... once again, Agnostic. Look it up.
And what's more, your definition of "god" consists entirely of unknowns, thereby making the term itself all but meaningless.
Do you really want me to do that? I don't think you actually do.
Also, I love how many topics this thread has somehow made it through in so few posts.
Once you go black.... you lose.
There's a first.