A God is not a supernatural entity but the identification of a social superorganism from the perspective of the individual, which takes primacy over individual interests. The soul is the relation that binds the individual to the projected superorganism.
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Replying to @Plinz
My translation of "God", after years of listening to those who use the term (positively), is: The laws of physics. (The creative force of reality.)
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Replying to @thewiseturtle
The whole creator thing is a red herring. A creator cannot give a purpose. Genesis is the earliest childhood memory of a God, not the creation of the universe itself.
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Replying to @Plinz
Well, something created the universe. We can call it the laws of physics, or we can call it God. Or we can call it a pointy stick. The term doesn't matter. And the "purpose" is whatever direction the creative force moves things.
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Replying to @thewiseturtle @Plinz
I think your definition of "universe" is unusual if you think that the laws of physics preceded/created it. Following what I perceive as the common opinion (before some weird event there was *nothing* that we know of) that "that creative force" (and direction) is hidden from us.
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Words are always fuzzy, even moreso when you're trying to describe things like everything and nothingness, and the beginning. Here I use "the universe" (or reality, or the multiverse, etc.) to describe the ultimate noun, and "physics" to describe the ultimate verb.
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This is an abuse of language that will make Wittgenstein rise from his grave and come after you
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