On 25/02/2008, at 10:14 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > And to those of you that are atheist; would you consider the > possibility > that there may be entities in the universe, evolved from lower life > forms > that could for all intents and purposes be considered gods?
Of course I consider the possibility. In fact, given the size of the universe, I'd be surprised if there weren't some sort of transcendental or sublimed beings of mind or something. But that's a fair cry from saying that there's a being above and outside the universe that created the universe and meddles with our existence in a personal yet undetectable way, or indeed that any of Terra's religions are in anyway connected to such a being (whether supernatural or just really old). Just 'cause one can imagine something, it doesn't mean it's actually true, or indeed mean it isn't. There's a little thing called data. If we get some that shows that there may actually be transcendental races of "Old Ones" or whatever, then fantastic. Until then, it's fantasy, sci-fi, or wishful thinking. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
