Who said anything about solving problems? I’m not worried about “the meaning of life” or needing God in order to have a purpose-my purpose is maximizing my utility function (roughly having fun and helping people). I’m asking because it looks like there’s a non-trivial chance of God in fact existing; I don’t see how the convenience or inconvenience of a God would change the probabilities.
I’m asking because it looks like there’s a non-trivial chance of God in fact existing
God? Or god? Or gods?
The question whether there exists a being (or several) with what we consider to be supernatural powers is a different question from whether that being is adequately described by the Old and the New Testaments...
Also, don’t forget that, to adapt a quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from miracles”.
Who said anything about solving problems? I’m not worried about “the meaning of life” or needing God in order to have a purpose-my purpose is maximizing my utility function (roughly having fun and helping people). I’m asking because it looks like there’s a non-trivial chance of God in fact existing; I don’t see how the convenience or inconvenience of a God would change the probabilities.
Even after reading the other comments? It’d probably help if you responded to some of them and explained why you don’t find them convincing.
God? Or god? Or gods?
The question whether there exists a being (or several) with what we consider to be supernatural powers is a different question from whether that being is adequately described by the Old and the New Testaments...
Also, don’t forget that, to adapt a quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from miracles”.