DIY Deity!
Was checking out the Battleground God website again because I felt rather miffed that everyone else seemed to have a firm conviction about God. They’ve got a new game up called the DIY Deity. It’s cute, but it also vindicates my earlier unhappiness about my Battleground God score.
By their definition, the most plausible God is one who is a combination of one or more of the following: benevolent, omniscient, a Creator, free-willed. By their logic, a plausible God cannot be omnipotent. Go figure.
March 29th, 2004 at 7:44 pm
If they’re saying that an omnipotent God is by definition irrational, then I agree. God (or at least an omnipotent one) is by definition irrational, but I won’t go into the heavy duty stuff here. Which is why to believe in God, one has to operate on faith.
Of course if they actually meant plausible… I have no idea what it means. So ah well.
March 29th, 2004 at 8:49 pm
Why sweat it? They’re philosophers who get paid to do stuff like that.