BBella\'s Universe (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 04:28 (4743 days ago) @ xeno6696

Xeno

Or we resurrect Heraclitus and process theology from the dustbin of history... God as the constant state of becoming is much more fitting than the old man in a wide-brimmed hat...

I think one of the things is that humans typically need some 'form' to fit the function. It really doesn't matter if that form is an old man with a wide-brimmed had an rocking beard, a voluptuous Goddess, or a world tree. The form is simply a manifestation of function that allows us to conceptualize ideas. Ironically, science uses these types of things all the time. Consider 'string' theory, or Schrodinger's Cat. I think the danger is in allowing the form to govern function, or in ascribing aspects of the form to the function. We typically manifest the idea of a UI with a manlike form because humans are the only creature we know of with higher intelligence that is capable of all of the attributes we associate with intelligence, emotion, and power. Some have taken it to an extreme though and have allowed the form to govern the function.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.