What substance is god/gods made of?

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The discussion centers on the nature of consciousness and its potential substance, alongside the question of whether humans can detect or define it. Participants express varied views, with some arguing that consciousness is a process rather than a substance, suggesting it cannot be detected by third-party mechanisms. The conversation shifts to the concept of God, questioning what substance, if any, God might be made of, and whether such a substance is detectable. The dialogue explores philosophical ideas, including solipsism and the nature of existence, emphasizing that if consciousness is fundamental, it may provide insights into the nature of God. The idea that God could exist outside of spacetime is also debated, leading to discussions about the implications of such a belief. Ultimately, the conversation reflects on the intersection of science, philosophy, and spirituality, questioning the criteria used to judge the existence and nature of both consciousness and divinity.
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well if god/s exist out side the human realm...then how do humans believe they can communicate with them as to what i remember communication of our kind exists in our realm.

What I'm getting at is if people believe in god/s...and that he exists in some form...doesn't he have to exist in some type of substance away from empty space.
 
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i think philip pullman's dark matter / consciousness is a freaky idea...

"dust"y eh...

I agree with poster who mentioned a 2D body observing a 3D one, the 2d body cannot comprehend the 3rd dimension...

interesting topic indeed.
 
  • #63
neurocomp2003 said:
selfadjoint: any substance...something of a corporeal form. I use the word subtance because I'm not sure what word physicists use to classify both matter/nonmatter. I would use the word material but people associate that with matter. Substance is the only word I've found to describe both but even then somepeople associate it to matter.

Then what does "corporeal" mean? My comments were intended to suggest to you that the unexamined use of terms like substance and corporeal renders all your arguments moot. You are using Aristotelian categories, and they just aren't the way the universe is.
 
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neurocomp2003 said:
selfadjoint: any substance...something of a corporeal form. I use the word subtance because I'm not sure what word physicists use to classify both matter/nonmatter. I would use the word material but people associate that with matter. Substance is the only word I've found to describe both but even then somepeople associate it to matter.

Then what does "corporeal" mean? My comments were intended to suggest to you that the unexamined use of terms like substance and corporeal renders all your arguments moot. You are using Aristotelian categories, and they just aren't the way the universe is.

Modern physics makes the idea of matter problematical. Tangible things are so because of a long chain of interactions, leading back to things that aren't tangible at all. Some of these interactions depend on things (virtual particles, Fadeev-Popov ghosts) that in some sense don't really exist!
 
  • #65
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in 3D graphics...we place objects in an empty world with a position relative to a global position zero...it is these objects that i call substance/objects if i were working at that low of a scale like in QM. Force/MOvement/collisions are all behavioural properties for these objects...whether they have mass or notn depends on the application...but more than likely they are geometries...like meshes /spheres/boxes etc. What word would you apply that would categorize such fundamental objects in physics(if exists fundamental objects in physics). I use the term corporeal to imply some form/shape but i guess i ill-used the word. Because looking at "dictionary.com" it related to the words material/physical/visible...which i guess all have some other form of meaning in physics.

so
 
  • #66
Intuitive said:
I would believe that God is an Artificial Intelligence with an 11th dimension brain, Possibly a brain made of a Quantum singularity in 11 dimensions, Science will achieve this with the square law of technology, Not tied to time and space as we experience it but a more advanced level of living thought.

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We make our own Gods, Science makes them better.

Great speculation. I was wondering if this Great Super Quantum Computer has any physical location and what would be its power source?
 

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