Yes, and still a young-Earth creationist too. On here I’d probably clarify my concept of omnipotency as “axiomatic ultra-ability”, more similar to a programmer of a simulation than a lightning-tosser in a cloud-chariot in the sky.
As a geek-for-life and dedicated devourer of SF, I compare and contrast the details of what I believe with all the god-fictions out there, from Aslan and Eru Ilúvatar to Star Trek’s Q and The Prophets, to the God and Satan of Heinlein’s Job, to the Anu/Padomay duality at the core of Elder Scrolls lore and the consequent universe literally built out of politics and necromancy. Recently, reading the SSC classic blog post “Meditations on Moloch” helped me coalesce an idea that had been bouncing around my head for twenty years about the “weakling, uncaring opposite of God, waiting with an open mouth at the bottom of the slide.”
I just wanted to find a community of experimental theologists who were as willing as I am to ask these questions and posit potentially heretical theories during the process of trying to better model God in our words and minds. Apparently I’m missing an absurdity heuristic that keeps more people from being like me.
And now? Do you still believe in an all-powerful creator? (Not that I have any problem with that)
Yes, and still a young-Earth creationist too. On here I’d probably clarify my concept of omnipotency as “axiomatic ultra-ability”, more similar to a programmer of a simulation than a lightning-tosser in a cloud-chariot in the sky.
As a geek-for-life and dedicated devourer of SF, I compare and contrast the details of what I believe with all the god-fictions out there, from Aslan and Eru Ilúvatar to Star Trek’s Q and The Prophets, to the God and Satan of Heinlein’s Job, to the Anu/Padomay duality at the core of Elder Scrolls lore and the consequent universe literally built out of politics and necromancy. Recently, reading the SSC classic blog post “Meditations on Moloch” helped me coalesce an idea that had been bouncing around my head for twenty years about the “weakling, uncaring opposite of God, waiting with an open mouth at the bottom of the slide.”
I just wanted to find a community of experimental theologists who were as willing as I am to ask these questions and posit potentially heretical theories during the process of trying to better model God in our words and minds. Apparently I’m missing an absurdity heuristic that keeps more people from being like me.