Believing in God: Sagan, Hawking & Beyond

[physicsx0rz]

Most people ask me to define God when I ask if they believe in God, so I'll define what I mean by God.

Carl Sagan said he believed in God as in a higher power, meaning the laws of physics controlled him but he had no control over them. Hawking said he does not believe in a personal God but "the embodiment of the laws of physics", which sounds exactly like what Sagan meant. I do not mean this type of God.

Creator: Do you believe a conscious being created the cosmos? If so, do you believe that same conscious is still conscious?

Thanks for any insight!

 

[mattmns]

I'm Agnostic.

Where is your definition of "God?"

 

[Chi Meson]

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Me: brain says no, but the body doesn't believe the brain. I think its just muscle memory from my upbringing.

 

[Evo]

There have been tons of threads asking this in philosophy.