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Do you believe in God? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by alrighthosanna@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] rbhfd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Doesn't the concept of a god necessarily imply it has a consciousness?

Else we could argue that gravity is a diety. Or call the Sun Ra or Helios again.

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, we could call gravity or the sun a god. It's really a matter of perspective rather than concrete definition. I've discussed my ideas about the void with people, and there tends to be a pretty even split between people who believe it would be a god, and those who believe it wouldn't count.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Star Wars would you call The Force a god?

[–] Sombyr@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't, but I could see a really strong argument to be made for it.