Religion

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Preezy wrote:Also bonus silly question for the lolz:

Could God create a being more powerful than Himself?

Answers on a postcard.

No. God is supposedly omnipotent

So if He can't create a being more powerful than Himself, then He can't be all-powerful. And if He can create a being more powerful than Himself, then He also can't be all-powerful.

The concept of an all-powerful deity is fundamentally paradoxical.

I know this isn't anything new and you've all probably heard the argument before, but I feel it's worth repeating.

Can humans create a computer than is more intelligent than we are? If so, can that computer create something more powerful than itself? Can that go on forever, or is there a limit to intelligence? If there is a limit, is the unimaginably powerful final computer at the end of the chain a God? If so, does that mean humans created a god?

still wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Preezy wrote:Also bonus silly question for the lolz:

Could God create a being more powerful than Himself?

Answers on a postcard.

No. God is supposedly omnipotent

So if He can't create a being more powerful than Himself, then He can't be all-powerful. And if He can create a being more powerful than Himself, then He also can't be all-powerful.

The concept of an all-powerful deity is fundamentally paradoxical.

I know this isn't anything new and you've all probably heard the argument before, but I feel it's worth repeating.

Can humans create a computer than is more intelligent than we are? If so, can that computer create something more powerful than itself? Can that go on forever, or is there a limit to intelligence? If there is a limit, is the unimaginably powerful final computer at the end of the chain a God? If so, does that mean humans created a god?

Define intelligence.

Moggy wrote:

still wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Preezy wrote:Also bonus silly question for the lolz:

Could God create a being more powerful than Himself?

Answers on a postcard.

No. God is supposedly omnipotent

So if He can't create a being more powerful than Himself, then He can't be all-powerful. And if He can create a being more powerful than Himself, then He also can't be all-powerful.

The concept of an all-powerful deity is fundamentally paradoxical.

I know this isn't anything new and you've all probably heard the argument before, but I feel it's worth repeating.

Can humans create a computer than is more intelligent than we are? If so, can that computer create something more powerful than itself? Can that go on forever, or is there a limit to intelligence? If there is a limit, is the unimaginably powerful final computer at the end of the chain a God? If so, does that mean humans created a god?

Define intelligence.

Smarter than a Hexx, stupider than a Karl.

Moggy wrote:

Vermilion wrote:

Moggy wrote:It’s not a scientist in control, we are living inside a sadistic teenager's game of Sim City.

Pffft, Cities Skylines is the top city builder now so they'd likely be using that.

I never said it was a rich teenager who could afford the latest and fanciest games. This is Sim City 2000, you ought to see the lucky buggers living in the Cities Skylines universe.

still wrote:

Moggy wrote:

still wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:

Hyperion wrote:

Preezy wrote:Also bonus silly question for the lolz:

Could God create a being more powerful than Himself?

Answers on a postcard.

No. God is supposedly omnipotent

So if He can't create a being more powerful than Himself, then He can't be all-powerful. And if He can create a being more powerful than Himself, then He also can't be all-powerful.

The concept of an all-powerful deity is fundamentally paradoxical.

I know this isn't anything new and you've all probably heard the argument before, but I feel it's worth repeating.

Can humans create a computer than is more intelligent than we are? If so, can that computer create something more powerful than itself? Can that go on forever, or is there a limit to intelligence? If there is a limit, is the unimaginably powerful final computer at the end of the chain a God? If so, does that mean humans created a god?

Define intelligence.

Smarter than a Hexx, stupider than a Karl.

But what about a DBlock?