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Seems like a pretty good idea; the purpose of life is to become a god, esentially.

Missed a few questions like asking about life after death (which I doubt.. hence his statement that we increase our lifespan).

Fiction or not, quite a nice read - especially considering that he stated that producing a model or program of the mind is an important next step and I'm currently reading a book called "How The Mind Works", which discusses exactly this. Fascinating stuff.

I've seen god dozens of times ;)

Morgan-Freeman-God.jpg

It's wierd, but when i picture god, i see Morgan Freeman... thank you * Almighty movies :p

So you mean god is black?

(I dont believe this story at all and I do not believe in god either)

BTW You didnt post text written below the story:

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(If you've enjoyed this and, in particular if you're wondering why we didn't touch on the issue of "Life After Death",

you might like to try my play - Resurrection Part 1 - Primary Species)

(Discuss this Article)

This work is licensed by Harry Stottle(2000-05) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Also read: http://www.fullmoon.nu/book/chap.php?id=eagle1992 Similar.

Intresting? Very

Fake? Very

Google him as well. Nothing besides this article shows up.

I think its possible. I mean in no way does it say he IS god, just he created OUR universe. we will never know how our universe was created.

but I would have tried stabbing the dude. I mean I would go to jail. but damn, I would have to know if he was real.

This just shows how.. gullible (for lack of a better word) you people are, of course some genuinely enjoyed this story and understood that it's fiction, yet I can see that some people took it seriously. I'm afraid that even Atheists took it somewhat seriously...

Shows how a pretty story can make you believe anything it says, a burning bush ? Oh cool ! A conversation with God ? Awesome !

Get real, it's just as fiction as the Bible/whatever.

I won't go into nitpicking mode, but please stop with the supportive comments about how cool God is, you might as well bitch about Bloody Marry and how she killed your cat last night, go to a ****ing Asylum.

Edit: This is a generalization, please no comments about "I didn't say X" "I said Y, actually" or "I agree but Z"

I think its possible. I mean in no way does it say he IS god, just he created OUR universe. we will never know how our universe was created.

but I would have tried stabbing the dude. I mean I would go to jail. but damn, I would have to know if he was real.

I think a lot would. Lots of people try to antagonize god hoping he/she/it will smite them, thus prove his/hers/its existence. Says a lot about the nature of Man.

The problem with the whole thing is this:

The person\god mentions that humans need to let go of the whole religion thing and stop trying to live up or like god itself. It mentions that religious people are living too far in the past by believing in such things as the Bible or Qu'ran.

The interesting thing is, he later mentions that this will be posted on the web and people will only begin to believe it once we make the advances in technology etc that he discusses... Meaning, he WANTS us to believe in the writting? Meaning that this writting at some point could be seen, again, as a religious text, then placing us many years behind his idea of evolution, because people then begin religion focused on the fact that this discussion was indeed, actually with god itself...

Would that not make the whole thing a contradiction of itself?

Its an interesting read and sounds like a lot of thought has gone in to its writting, however, its one of those things that, unless it happens to you or in front of you; your bound not to believe it...

Sounds more like a 'Q' than a God (Star Trek FTW).

Exactly what I was thinking when I started to read the text.

It was "ok for awhile till the "thinking machine" and then I couldnt stop laughing. btw, you cant take this text seriously?, can you?.

The other text from the page are similar to this one. All pointed to evolution/machines/hippism

This just shows how.. gullible (for lack of a better word) you people are, of course some genuinely enjoyed this story and understood that it's fiction, yet I can see that some people took it seriously. I'm afraid that even Atheists took it somewhat seriously...

Shows how a pretty story can make you believe anything it says, a burning bush ? Oh cool ! A conversation with God ? Awesome !

Get real, it's just as fiction as the Bible/whatever.

I won't go into nitpicking mode, but please stop with the supportive comments about how cool God is, you might as well bitch about Bloody Marry and how she killed your cat last night, go to a ****ing Asylum.

Edit: This is a generalization, please no comments about "I didn't say X" "I said Y, actually" or "I agree but Z"

idiot. nuff said.

This just shows how.. gullible (for lack of a better word) you people are, of course some genuinely enjoyed this story and understood that it's fiction, yet I can see that some people took it seriously. I'm afraid that even Atheists took it somewhat seriously...

Shows how a pretty story can make you believe anything it says, a burning bush ? Oh cool ! A conversation with God ? Awesome !

Get real, it's just as fiction as the Bible/whatever.

I won't go into nitpicking mode, but please stop with the supportive comments about how cool God is, you might as well bitch about Bloody Marry and how she killed your cat last night, go to a ****ing Asylum.

Edit: This is a generalization, please no comments about "I didn't say X" "I said Y, actually" or "I agree but Z"

Seriously get the hell off your high horse. Nobody on the internet cares about what you think of them and your only going to incite bad attitudes going around "generalizing" people. If they want to choose to believe this thing then its their own damn choice to do so. The time to realize you know very little is when you think you know it all.

The problem with the whole thing is this:

The person\god mentions that humans need to let go of the whole religion thing and stop trying to live up or like god itself. It mentions that religious people are living too far in the past by believing in such things as the Bible or Qu'ran.

The interesting thing is, he later mentions that this will be posted on the web and people will only begin to believe it once we make the advances in technology etc that he discusses... Meaning, he WANTS us to believe in the writting? Meaning that this writting at some point could be seen, again, as a religious text, then placing us many years behind his idea of evolution, because people then begin religion focused on the fact that this discussion was indeed, actually with god itself...

Would that not make the whole thing a contradiction of itself?

Its an interesting read and sounds like a lot of thought has gone in to its writting, however, its one of those things that, unless it happens to you or in front of you; your bound not to believe it...

That is a very good point Rich, it's almost as if he is telling us religious texts are pointless but wait till mine becomes one and then take it seriously. As I said in my original post this has got a few inconsistencies but its very intelligent nonetheless.

To the dude that said he would stab the guy I think that's a very pointless action as surely this "God" which claimed he had evolved into a higher state of being meaning not of flesh would have a temporary body of flesh in order to be able to communicate with another human and not scare him etc. Meaning you would be able to kill his temporary body but do no damage to him as a "deity"...

Seriously get the hell off your high horse. Nobody on the internet cares about what you think of them and your only going to incite bad attitudes going around "generalizing" people. If they want to choose to believe this thing then its their own damn choice to do so. The time to realize you know very little is when you think you know it all.

Indeed, here's me getting off my high horse.

Your turn.

Missed a few questions like asking about life after death (which I doubt.. hence his statement that we increase our lifespan).

Seeing that God in this case took the form of a human, then I'm sure it's fair to assume that he's a being of energy? I think personally that humans are beings of energy as well, meaning that, when physical bodies cease to function the energy is simply displaced; whether or not that energy retains intelligence or anything, I have no clue. Anyways, I think it means prolonging our life in our physical bodies.

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