I’m curious as to how people interpreted this. Does the latter mean that one believes in the supernatural but without a god figure, e.g. buddism, new age? This question looked confusing to me at first glance.
I would have expected the opposite given Yvain’s definition of “supernatural”. The existence of an agent (or agents) that created the universe seems much more likely than the existence of ontologically basic mental entities. After all, one man’s lead software designer of the simulation is another man’s god.
Here we reach a usual definition problem about “god”. Is “god” just someone who created the universe, but with its own limits, or is he omnipowerful omniscient eternal perfect as it is in monotheist religions ? The lead software designer of the simulation would be the first, but very likely not the second. Probably best to just taboo the word “god” in that context.
I would have expected the opposite given Yvain’s definition of “supernatural”. The existence of an agent (or agents) that created the universe seems much more likely than the existence of ontologically basic mental entities. After all, one man’s lead software designer of the simulation is another man’s god.
Here we reach a usual definition problem about “god”. Is “god” just someone who created the universe, but with its own limits, or is he omnipowerful omniscient eternal perfect as it is in monotheist religions ? The lead software designer of the simulation would be the first, but very likely not the second. Probably best to just taboo the word “god” in that context.