Why does there always have to be an ultimate source of intelligence or power? Ex. God...?
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Disorder makes more sense than order.  Evil is more natural than goodness.  Just try leaving your wallet somewhere and see who turns it in.\n\nIf there is no God, how do we explain order and goodness in the world?\n\nTry reading the Bible for yourself.  Catholicism is based on a lot of human tradition.  Pray for wisdom, and God will help you to find Him.\n\nIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.  James 1:5
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That's a great question. Very succinctly stated, as well.  I wish I could come up with an eloquent and convincing answer but I'm afraid I can't... How can we ever know the answer to a question like this? It's like asking what the meaning of life is....\nIf God truly and unequivocally existed, I would say that he/she would definitely be limited by our perception of him/her. However, considering there's no way to know if there even is a god, I'd say that the idea is limitless and therefore all-encompassing and in no way limited or susceptible to limitations since it's all imagination anyway.
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If you're going to believe in God it has to come about from your own experiences. It has to be based in your own faith and trust. Im at the point where I think there is a spirit world but not necassarily a higher power, but sometimes I go back to thinking there is a higher power but not necessarily the conventional god. I think hes probably a sarcastic bastard if hes up there.
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God has always been and always will be.  The thought is hard for our human minds to understand.  No one created Him for He is the Creator.
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Well i belive tat aliens do exsist but ALIENS controlling UNXPECTED POWERS is kinda weird cause as far as i no God is de greatest as He is de one who has created dis universe nhd he is 1 who has de power 2 give UNXPECTED powers 2 individuals so i don't think tat there culd b ny alien controlling de UNXPECTED powers of an individual.
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one cant, at least THIS one cant.  When something terrible happens and you question gods "wisdom" a religious person will most often come back with god has a plan we just don't know what it is.  Well my point is if there is a god and this god is omnipotent then this god allows all of this terrible stuff to happen.  Now if this god has a plan that lets these things happen FOR WHATEVER REASON then it is not something I would want in my life.  If a person stands idly by and lets pain and suffering befall his fellow man when it is in his/her ability to stop the suffering then they are as much at fault as whatever is causing the suffering.  If a "god" dose the same thing, well its just a perverse sort of thing to put your faith in.
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I have thought about it- a lot! I don't have any answers, just more questions; if God is omnipotent ( all knowing, all powerful, etc ) than why is there such suffering in the world? Why do children get cancer, why do bad things happen to supposedly God-fearing people who are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing in His eyes? Why indeed...
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.
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I agree with you.  You cannot use logic to figure out All Powerful Super Natural God.\nIsaiah 55:9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\nBlessings:  Kaitlynn
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well... one possibility can be is that because human is power hungry, it was created as a means of spreading fear and to control others. \nOther possibility can be some people got some dreams and speculated on those further to give them shape to religion(s).\nStill another, some intellectual guys thought there should be some doctrines to live life.. how do we know what we are doing is good for all or what we should do that is good for all. This gave birth to religion.
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If god existed he had to be made of something. What???\nAtoms, Energy, or maybe some thing beyond our imaginations.\nIF IT WAS ENERGY or ATOMS THEN WHY IS HE SO DIFF RENT FROM US.\nNOW IF he was MADE OF SOMETHING EVEN BEYOND OUR IMAGINATIONS then there has to be someone who created those things which make god up.\nAND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD JUST HAPPENED TO EXIST, BELIEVE THAT GOD IS FUNDAMENTAL, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU what is the problem with treating the universe the same way ???
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The human race is more powerful than ever before. We have the power of flight,space travel to the moon and the nearest planet,we can make our own heat and light from harnassing energy at will.As for the man you described,maybe the technology that provides him with the ability to use brain waves to control aspects of the world around him is a step away from godlike power.\n I'm sure that to the ancients who lived in the time of Christ we would seem to be as powerful as gods-but that doesn't make us gods. We will always have human frailties.
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Assuming for the sake of argument that the Christian mythology is true, of course it's not a fair judging. Just because God is more powerful than we are and made us doesn't automatically give him the right to tell me what to do. Granting us free will is philosophically identical to granting us control over our own being. It's irrelevant that he made us. It's just like the government, just because it's big and has all the guns doesn't give it any actual authority over us other than what it takes by force (in God's case, threats of hell).
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All those who have Faith in His abilities and powers have Faith in God.I am one of them.Its great to have a DIVINE Father figure who is there to lead u onto the path of righteousness..Thats GOD!!!!
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We will never be satisfied.  There is always the will to progesss towards the intelligence of the supreme intelligent being (God).  We strive for perfection and that is our ultimate goal.
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An omnipotent human? Wouldn't your head explode? \nTo know everything ( EVERYTHING ) at the same time from past, present, and beyond? No thank you.
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No, Actually I think that reproducing, concious and self-aware machines will be more ultimate.\n\nTwo parts:\n\nOne . . . \nIntelligence, is measurable as problem solving ability. Perhaps ultimately as the ability to solve new problems. Important, but I think that there are more interesting thing in store for us in the future.\n\nFor example, machines would be able to reproduce, and to adapt as a group through the processes of mutation (mistakes in reproduction) and natural selection. If they are concious and self aware, then their behaviors would be quite difficult to predict in different environments.\n\nTwo . . . \nPerhaps then we will have created something that can qualify as alive. Whether a supreme deity (I will use god in the generic sense rather than God in the specific sense, because I think this debate is applicable to many different interpretations of god.)\n\nDoes god take responsibility for man's creations? Though god may take responsibility for creating a world with disease, suffering, etc, Does god take responsibility for murder, war, genocide etc.? If god takes credit for man's creations then yes, god is ultimately responsible for these things by giving man the choice and ability to make these thing happen . . . and god would be responsible and credited for intelligent of living machines that were made by the hands of man.\n\nHowever, if god is not responsible for murder, war, genocide etc. then god would also not be responsible for man making an intelligent machine.\n\nA god can't have it both ways . . . either he's responsible for all of humanity's actions and creations or none of them.