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?
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?
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?
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.
We'd be so lucky. Based on the evidence it's clearly the 2013 version we're in.
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?