From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sun Apr 06 2003 - 09:22:26 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Samantha Atkins" <samantha@objectent.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 2:59 AM
Subject: Physiologically of spiritual experience (was Re: Questions to ask a
god..)
> Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> > Maybe we are going about all this from the wrong direction, trying to
> > get a superbeing to demonstrate that it is the supreme super being. It
> > is far easier for it to demonstrate that it is merely a super being in
> > some practical sense (lift mountains, turn the sea to blood, solve
> > diophantine equations instantly). It is probably because we all here
> > seem to hail from the monotheistic cultural sphere. What questions would
> > you ask Pallas Athene or Thoth if they appeared to you?
> >
>
> They are much less interesting. Mere advanced transhumans with
> access to good nanotech could probably do or convince us they
> did, most of those things. So what?
>
### "To understand God, you have to become one".
We could try to advertise - "Get closer to God through nanotech and
superintelligence! Join extropy to be one with (the) God (of your choice),
this time for real"
Donations wanted.
Rafal
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