▲ 202 ▼ Einstein and God (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] pennomi@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Oooh, I like your alternative take a lot. The whole idea of the Bible being written as a result of "hearing the voice of God" or being divinely inspired is always a fun topic because it's impossible to define. Evidently when John Nash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.) was asked how a logical and smart person like him could believe that he was being recruited by aliens from outer space to save the world he replied "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me in the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously." I always thought people who were "hearing the voice of God" were experiencing the same thing. Something irrational happens but you interpret it in a way that just feels true to you as an individual, and it's so impactful that you choose to believe and test it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owsei@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago While I do like this interpretation, the comic, Um Sábado Qualquer, depitcs gods as kinda clueless/clumsy, leading me to interpret the comic as: god just kinda did it without noticing what he was doing, than someone came and understood what was happening. (but attributing the complexity and geniousness to god) BUT, in real life, what you said is a pretty solid argument permalink fedilink source parent [–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Checkmate you several thousands years old scripture ! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] pennomi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago Oooh, I like your alternative take a lot. The whole idea of the Bible being written as a result of "hearing the voice of God" or being divinely inspired is always a fun topic because it's impossible to define. Evidently when John Nash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.) was asked how a logical and smart person like him could believe that he was being recruited by aliens from outer space to save the world he replied "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me in the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously." I always thought people who were "hearing the voice of God" were experiencing the same thing. Something irrational happens but you interpret it in a way that just feels true to you as an individual, and it's so impactful that you choose to believe and test it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owsei@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago While I do like this interpretation, the comic, Um Sábado Qualquer, depitcs gods as kinda clueless/clumsy, leading me to interpret the comic as: god just kinda did it without noticing what he was doing, than someone came and understood what was happening. (but attributing the complexity and geniousness to god) BUT, in real life, what you said is a pretty solid argument permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Checkmate you several thousands years old scripture ! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] pennomi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] pennomi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent