PHIL:Extropianism and Theology

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• [ Next ][ Previous ] Next in thread: Anders Sandberg

I believe someone, (sorry, I forget who at the moment) suggested that it might be a bad idea to use the term God or gods when discussing posthumans. It made me think about the fact that there is a lot of associational baggage that goes along with these terms, and not all of it is the same for all of us. So I thought maybe I would list all of the roles I could think of that have been assigned to the God(s) meme in the past. It might be better if we discuss beings which held these roles in terms of the roles as opposed to labelling them all "God(s)".

Roles:
- Creator

• Teacher
• Savior
• Judge/Referee
• Punisher
• Destroyer
• Benefactor
• Ideal
• Forgiver/Redeemer
• Personification
• Master/Ruler
• Companion
• Guardian/Defender
• Supreme Power
• The Eternal

If anyone has some more to add, please throw them in.

Glen Finney

• [ Next ][ Previous ] Next in thread: Anders Sandberg