The masses say yes.
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Replying to @AuralLoom @jordanbpeterson
Homo Sapiens is a programmable species. That means that “the masses” have been selected against and incentivized against thinking independently from their authorities. Beliefs that people do not have agency over do not carry epistemological weight.
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Replying to @Plinz @jordanbpeterson
Again, I don't necessarily disagree. But this overlooks my original question. The God that most believers think of is a being with human-like qualities. He judges, gets angry, etc. Your "God," I presume, is nothing like this, yet you want to use the same name. It's unproductive.
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Replying to @AuralLoom @jordanbpeterson
God is the identification of the superorganism by the individual serving within it. That is why it makes sense to project God as intentional, beholden to goals and values, having opinions about how well the individuals serve it, and authoring their reality.
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Functionally, God is a set of extrapersonal regulation principles that are implemented by the minds of the individuals subscribing to them.
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Replying to @Plinz @jordanbpeterson
But the difference between this line of thinking and mainstream religious thinking is that the former understands that God, by your definition, did not exist before life did. The latter believes life was created by Him. This is a vitally important distinction.
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Replying to @AuralLoom @jordanbpeterson
Yes, but the interpretation of God as creator of life instead of source of meaning cannot be asserted because there can in principle be no evidence for such claims. The universe does not have a secret gnostic interface that could reveal propositional knowlegde without evidence.
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Replying to @Plinz @jordanbpeterson
And this is where the issue lives. Most believers perceive God as the creator of life, and because He is the creator His laws written in scripture are considered the only true source of fundamental ways of behaving morally. Your perception of God is deeply personal and malleable.
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Replying to @AuralLoom @jordanbpeterson
If God were the creator of life (not of meaning), it would not logically follow that you would have a moral imperative do anything he says. That is a sleigh of hand. My own perceptions of things are deeply unpersonal and mathematical.
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Replying to @Plinz @jordanbpeterson
I agree, but from the average Christian's perspective theirs is the biblical God, and they will not agree with you.
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Why is that important? I am not used or aspire to be in agreement with people that have no agency over their beliefs.
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