Ruminations on multiverses; if they are evil (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, March 16, 2017, 12:25 (2808 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: Sorry, but it was you who used the image of a fellow comparing results, so how can that possibly not be “humanizing”?

DAVID: God might compare the groups of humans He created, if such exist, but I don't think as a creator He would compare them as a human would. Would He root for one over another as a human would, or would He just sit back and observe how they do, in a non-human way?

Sitting back and observing is just what we do in the theatre or cinema. And it is perfectly feasible that he would do so just as we do. What sort of non-human way of observing can you think of if the observer is as conscious as we are?

DAVID: We just don't know. Is His consciousness like ours? Again unknown.

No, we don’t know, any more than we know whether God exists, or what was the origin of life, or what is God’s purpose and nature if he exists. So once again, please do not use the unknowability as an excuse for rejecting any speculations that differ from your own presumptions. It is perfectly possible that a conscious creator would share attributes with his conscious creations.